Main Characters
Which Merovingian Ruler was recognized as a legitimate king by the pope in exchange for giving the Pope the lands he conquered?
Pepin the Short
Which group of people did Charlemagne have to keep his eye on? Who did he have to maintain supervision and control over? (His chief problem)
Officials
What was the name of the land given to a vassal by a lord?
Fief
Feudalism is the relationship between which two people?
Lord and vassal
What was the first stage of knighthood called that you be from ages 7 to 14?
Page
Who successfully unified the Franks politically and religiously?
Clovis
What was the academic revival that Charlemagne inspired called?
Carolingian Renaissance
What was the name of the process by which the firstborn son would inherit the father's land?
Primogeniture
Which group of people was constantly being married away in arranged marriages?
Noblewomen
What was the name of the second stage of knighthood in which you would dress the knight?
Squire
Who halted the Arabs at the Battle of Tours?
Charles Martel
What was Charlemagne crowned as by Pope Leo III?
Emperor of the Romans
What was the lord you were MOST allegiant to called?
Liege Lord
What was it called when the serfs worked 3 days a week?
What was the most famous heroic poem from this time?
Song of Roland
What was the name of Charlemagne's only son who was alive and not exiled at the time of his death? (King after Charlemagne)
Louis the Pious
What kind of system did Charlemagne make in order to unify the Carolingians?
Monetary System
What was the name of the Lord's and the Priest's Land? (300 for each. 600 possible)
Demesne Land
Glebe Land
What were the names of the two brothers who conquered and established kingdoms in southern Italy?
Roger & Robert Guiscard
Which document split the Carolingian empire into 3 divided kingdoms?
Treaty of Verdun
This group of people really had the power (not the "kings") when the Merovingians had a tribal monarchy
Mayors of the Palace
What was the name of the new handwriting system where they only wrote in lower case?
Carolingian Miniscule
What was the name of the process by which a vassal could sell part of his land with the permission of the lord and actually have his own vassals?
Subinfeudation
What were the names of the brothers who eventually became lords themselves through fighting and robbing?
William Iron-Arm, Drogo, and HUMPHREY
What was the name of the son who was exiled by Charlemagne for trying to overthrow him?
Pepin the Hunchback