HST 203 - Midterm Review 2

Wild Category

100

This bishop of Rome was seen as first among equals by other bishops.

Pope

200

This Roman emperor legalized Christianity.

Constantine I 'the Great'

300

This battle saw Louis 'the German' and Charles 'the Bald' defeat their brother Lothair in 841. It exposed the Frankish empire to the raids of the Vikings. 

The Battle of Fontenoi

400

This Romanized Briton served as an early missionary to Ireland (Hibernia).

Saint Patrick

500

This elephant was a gift from the Abbasid caliph to Charlemagne and stands out as the most influential figure in medieval history. 

Abul Abbas

The "End" of Rome

100

This author wrote the City of God in reaction to the Sack of Rome.

Augustine of Hippo

200

Christians were persecuted for this reason.

Refusing sacrifice to the emperor's genius.

300

This Barbarian people from central Eurasia moved into Europe during the fourth and fifth centuries, pushing many Germanic-speaking peoples before them. They emerged as one of Rome's final enemies in the West.

The Huns

400

This boy was the last Roman emperor in the West.

Romulus Augustulus

500

Paris was founded by the Romans, close to the frontier (limes). This is the original Latin name of the city, meaning "city of lights".

Lutetia

Early Islam

100

This term is used to describe the leader of the Umma after Muhammad.

Caliph

200

The prophet, Muhammad, fled to this city after his initial preaching in Mecca. It became a powerbase from which he launched his unification of the Arab tribes.

Yathrib/Medina

300

This substance allowed the Byzantines to survive the Umayyad siege of 718.

Greek Fire

400

This city was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate.

Damascus

500

This term refers to non-Arab Muslims who were excluded from power in the caliphate before the Abbasid Revolution.

Mawali Muslims 

The Franks

100

This family dominated the Frankish kingship between 500 and 754, claiming legitimacy based on their descent from a sea monster, their conversion to Christianity, and their long hair.

Merovingians

200

This partnership was established in the mid-8th cen. and inaugurated a new political and cultural orientation in the post-Roman West.

The Papal-Frankish Alliance

300

This intellectual program saw renewed interest in the legacy of Rome and an attempt to create a unified liturgy across the Carolingian Empire. Some have seen this movement as the "Birth of Europe".

The Carolingian Renaissance (correctio & renovatio)

400

Louis I 'the Pious' sought penance from Pope Paschal I at Attigny for this crime.

The blinding and death of his nephew, Bernard of Italy.

500

This agreement ended the wars between the sons of Louis the Pious in 843.

Treaty of Verdun

Primary Sources

100

This author is credited with writing the so-called Secret History.

Procopius of Caesaria

200

This saint was said to have restored the sight of a blinded man, but she equally cursed and killed those who usurped property donated to her church.

Sainte-Foi

300

Procopius tells us that Theodora supported this Christological position instead of orthodoxy.

Monophysitism

400

Dhuoda used this metaphor to instruct her son as to the divine and necessary organization of the world. 

Fatherhood

500

This object was used as a metaphor for the dangerous journey toward Christian salvation in a vision of Perpetua. 

A ladder