Western Europe
The strongest of the Germanic Tribes and the first leader who converted to Christianity...
Franks/ King Clovis
Capital of Byzantine Empire and Emperor who named the city....
Constantinople
Non Christians in Europe were known as...
Pagans
Where Islam emerged and what practicers of Islam are called...
Arabia/Muslims
Medieval comes from the Latin term for...
Middle Ages
The name of Charlemagne's capital city.
Aachen
Name of most successful emperor and most lasting achievement...
Justinian/ Law Code
Monastic Life
What European country did Muslims conquer in the Middle Ages?
Spain
Define Serf and what their lives were like.
Difficult lives, peasant bound to the land, needed permission from Lords, malnourished, short life span.
Name of Pope who Crowned Charlemagne Emperor on Christmas Day in the year 800CE
Pope Leo III
Name of most famous domed church in capital and meaning of the name....
Hagia Sophia/Holy Wisdom
Name of code of conduct for Monks and Nuns and the 3 vows it included...
Benedictine Rule
Obedience, Poverty, Chastity
Medieval Europeans did learn from the Arabs, whose knowledge in many areas, especially in these fields...
Science and Math
To keep control of these provincial rulers, this ruler ____________sent out officials called ______________ to check on roads, listen to grievances, and see that justice was done.
Charlemagne/Missi Dominici
Nickname for early middle ages and explanation why...
Dark Ages,
Disorder, loss of innovation, technology, abandonment of towns, loss of literacy...regression from Roman Empire.
4 advantages of the wealthy capital city
1. Excellent Harbor
2. Fortified Walls
3. Key Trade Routes
4. Protected by 3 sides of water
What actions did the patriarch and the pope take following the divide in 1054AD?
Both excommunicated each other (did not recognize authority of one another)
When a Muslim army crossed into France, this leader rallied the Franks/Name of Battle where Christian forces defeated Muslim armies.
Charles Martel rallied Frankish warriors/ Battle of Tours
Define Icons, which Church banned them, and why
Holy Images
Eastern Orthodox Church banned them
It violated God’s commandment against worshiping “graven images.”
Explain Feudalism and the social classes.
localized political and social structure based on mutual obligations- everyone owed something to someone.
Kings, Lords, Vassals, Knights, Serfs
Items that came to capital city from:
China
India
Southeast Asia
Vikings/Russia
Egypt
Silks
Gems
Spices
Furs
Wheat
Name of division and 3 major differences between the Roman Catholic CHurch and the Eastern Orthodox Church
Great Schism
RCC- Latin, no marriage, icons allowed, Pope, Christmas
EOC- Greek, marriage allowed, no icons, Patriarch, Easter
Describe treatment of the Jewish population by Western Europeans in the Middle Ages...
Medieval Christians persecuted Jews.
During the Middle Ages, the Church and local rulers barred Jews from many occupations such as trade and handicrafts.
The Church forbade Jews from owning land.
Anti-Semitism grew.
Christians blamed Jews for disasters such as epidemic diseases, famine, or economic hardship.
Christians saw Jews as unfamiliar people and were suspicious of their culture and beliefs.
Names of men who spread Christianity to:
Ireland
England
and
Man who wrote the most important history of England in the early Middle Ages.
Patrick
Augustine
Venerable Bede