Rulers
This ruler wanted to bring together all Germanic people united in a Christian empire
Charlemagne
This ruler made Christianity the religion of the Empire?
Constantine
This saint was held captive by druid priests, escaped, then returned to bring the gospel
St Patrick
What significant event took place in 1066?
Battle of Hastings
A man, typically noble, who served a lord in exchange for land
Vassal
This ruler was the King of Wessex who made peace with the Danes
Alfred the Great
Northumbria, Mercia, and Wessex
This illuminated manuscript from the 9th century contains the four gospels and was written by Irish monks and associated with the first Viking raid
The Book of Kells
Who lead the Anglo Saxons into battle?
Harold Godwinson
A tract of land granted
Fief
This ruler was the first Duke of the Normans
Rollo
This Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire, now Christian as a state religion, in the eastern half of the Empire
Byzantine Empire
A life spent wholly in a place apart was this ideal
Monastic
What work of art records the Battle of Hastings and medieval life?
The Bayeux Tapestry
A peasant tied to the land
Serf
This ruler was the leader of the Goths
Alaric
The fall of this Empire is known as the beginning of the Middle Ages
Rome
This saint was associated with the development of western monasticism
St Benedict of Nursia
What was the primary reason for William the Conqueror's invasion of England?
To claim the English throne
A mounted warrior
Knight
This ruler was known as the "Scourge of God" and was so vicious that the Romans and Goths were willing to work together to drive him out
Attila
These warriors created an empire in what is now Greenland, Iceland and England?
Norsemen
This isolated monastery had the distinction of being the first Viking raid
Lindisfarne
Who met at the Battle of Hastings?
William Duke of Normandy and Harold Godwinson
This was the primary economic basis for the feudal system
Agricultural production