The Byzantine Empire
Many eastern Christians used these simplified images of religious people or events to aid in their devotions.
What were ICONS?
Yaroslav the Wise created this type of system of laws as the leader of Kiev, which was tailored to the state's commercial culture.
what is a legal code? [or commercial code?]
In this way the invasions of the Magyars was different from those of the Muslims.
What is taking captives to sell as slave?
Name of the 1/10th church tax paid by the serfs.
what was a TITHE
This young man was in training, practicing fighting skills to become a knight.
What was a PAGE?
The Byzantine emperors ruled with this type of power.
What was absolute power?
The Russians under Mongol rule had to pay massive __________ to the Mongols.
What is a tribute? [or tax, or similar term]
He successfully extended the Franks’
reign to the north, south, and east.
Who was Charles Martel?
The knight's main obligation to the lord was to serve in this function.
What was to serve in battle?
Most of the population in Western Europe moved here during the decline of the Roman Empire.
What is the COUNTRYSIDE?
This is considered the crowning achievement of Justinian's reign.
What was rebuilding the Hagia Sophia?
Vladimir appreciated that in Orthodox Christianity, this position was the supreme ruler of the Church.
What was the emperor?
The makeup of the Germanic kingdoms was different from the Roman provinces in this way?
What is being held together by family ties?
This topic was often the theme in many medieval poems.
What was the conflict between a knight's duties to his lord and his lady
In Europe in the Middle Ages, most people were _______, and could not lawfully leave the place in which they
were born.
Who were the serfs?
Christianity split between the Roman Catholic Church in the West and the Orthodox Church in the East after the
____________, or leading bishop of the East, was declared an outcast from the Church.
Who was the Patriarch?
This is how lvan l earned the gratitude of the Mongols.
What is helping to crush a Russian revolt against Mongol rule?
He wrote a book of rules for monasteries. She headed a convent and adapted the same rules for women. Who were these brother and sister? (NAME ONE)
Who were Scholastica AND Benedict?
Traveling poet-musicians, known as ___________, composed songs about romantic love.
Who were the troubadours?
Social classes in the feudal system of Medieval Europe were usually _________?
What is INHERITED?
These were all uses of the Hagia Sophia over it's long history. (NAME ONE)
What were [name one] a church, a mosque, a museum?
In 989, Vladimir had all Kiev citizens do this in the Dnieper River, in support of his Christianity.
What is being baptized?
After his brother's death in 771, Charles, who was known as ___________, or Charles the Great, ruled the Frankish Kingdom.
Who was Charlemagne?
Monasteries increased their economic and political power by recruiting more members from this type of families.
Who were the aristocratic families? [or the aristocrats]
One reason the Vikings eventually stopped their invasions into Western Europe was that as Vikings gradually accepted this religion, they stopped raiding monasteries
What was Christianity?