The Byzantine Empire
This side of the Roman Empire came before the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Eastern Roman Empire?
One of the Germanic tribes that took over Rome and began the first European communities.
Who are the Vandals, Saxons, Goths, or Franks.
The social system that the Catholic Church's hierarchy is based on.
What is feudalism?
The name of the time period between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance.
What are the Dark Ages?
He was the ruler who created Corpus Juris Civilis.
This figure crowned Charlemagne as the Emperor of the Romans.
Who is the Pope? (Leo III)
A place where men or women would go to farm, teach, learn, serve, or write.
What is a monastery or convent?
This event lead to the death of nearly half of Europe.
What is the Black Death?
The Church Emperor Justinian built in Constantinople.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Charlemagne created these all around Europe because of his love of education.
What are universities?
Companion of St. Clare of Assisi who started an order of Friars.
Who is St. Francis of Assisi?
The original disputed item that caused the eastern and western churches to start to split.
What are icons?
The new name of Constantinople after the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Istanbul?
The Treaty that split up Charlemagne's kingdom after his dead.
What is the Treaty of Verdun?
The idea that the pope was in charge of all land in Europe, in addition to the clergy and church.
What is papal supremacy?
This group was often persecuted in Medieval Europe and blamed for issues like the plague.
Who are Jewish communities?
The founder of France.
Who is King Clovis?
The idea that all of Europe could be Christian and ruled by one king.
What is Christendom?
The biggest reform in the Middle Ages that prohibited selling church offices.
What are the Cluniac Reforms (Reforms of Cluny)
The name of laws based on Church teachings that apply to all aspects of life.
What is Canon Law?