The Franks
Gradually the Franks became the most powerful of the ____people
what is Germanic
A new political system arose in which local rulers offered the people protection in return for their services.
What is feudalism?
German nobles selected the Saxon duke ____ to be the first of the Saxon lone of German kings.
What is Henry the Fowler
The petty kingdoms of the Angles and saxons had little success in resisting the danes- that is until the time of king ________
what is Alfred the great
recognizing the unity of their faith, the early christians described this church as _____ , a word meaning simply "universal" or " encompassing all".
what is catholic
In 481 ___ became the head of a Frankish tribe in northern Gaul
what is Clovis
What is Land?
Henry's son ____, often called "the great", became one of the strongest German kings.
What is Otto I
In addition monks began to compile the _____ Which traces the history of England from Roman times Alfred's day.
what is Anglo-saxon chronicle
under bishop _____ of Rome, the prestige of the office was further enhanced when in 452, the barbarian Huns threatened the city of Rome and ___ persuaded their leader Attila to spare the city
what is Leo I
Near the end of the seventh century ____ Became the mayor of one of the stronger Frankish states.
what is Pepin II
The ______'s primary duty was to provide military service for his lord.
What is a vassal?
___ sought to restore the glory and stability of what he termed the "holy empire."
What is Frederick I
On october 14th 1066 the armies of william, duke of norman and harold earl of wessex met in the ________.
what is Battle of hastings
to support their claim of primacy ("1st in rank"), the bishops of Rome advanced the _____
what is Petrine Theory
The Frankish kingdom reached its peak under_____ rule (768-814)
what is Charlemagne's
What is a lord?
The last notable Hohenstaufen ruler was ____, grandson of Frederick I
What is Frederick II
A survey of property taken in England when William “the Conqueror” conquered England.
What is the domesday book?
perhaps the best representative of the early medieval popes ______ (r. 590-604, called "the great"
what is Gregory I
They established many independent kingdoms in...
what is Gaul
The land grants became known as _____'s or in latin, feudum, from which our word feudal comes.
What are fiefs?
Because of its alliance with the Roman Church and its symbolic association with the empire of Ancient Rome, the German empire became known as the ___?
Although the early capetians bore this title of the king, they actually ruled only a small area around Paris, known as the ______.
What is Ile de France?
By the beginning of the 13th century, the Roman Catholic Church recognized _____
what is Seven sacraments