Christianity
Founder of Christianity. Believed by Christians to be God incarnate and the savior of humanity.
Jesus Christ
List three factors which contributed to the weakening of the Roman empire, particularly in the west?
Plague, War, Economic downturn, Germanic migration, et cetera
"Money for a Man"; the value of a person in money, depending on social status. Used to determine repayment in crimes.
Wergild
The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, originally appointed by the Byzantine Emperor.
Patriarch
Church leaders, such as priests and bishops.
Clergy
Emperor who reformed the Roman empire by dividing it into 4 zones administered by different individuals.
Diocletian
The man who established the first large Frankish kingdom in Western Europe.
Clovis
The split between the Western Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox church over the use of icons.
The Great Schism
A woman who is the head of a convent of Nuns.
Abbess
The first Christian emperor of Rome. Decreed Christianity to be a legal religion and moved the capitol to Constantinople.
Constantine
This man brought the Franks to great power. He ruled the largest kingdom in Europe since the fall of Rome; and encouraged learning and scholarship though he himself was likely illiterate.
Charlemagne
The last dynasty of great rulers in the Byzantine empire, who expanded the country’s borders.
The Macedonian Dynasty
A man who leads a monastery and is over all of its monks.
Abbott
Man of Germanic origins who deposed the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
Odoacer
Burst of knowledge and learning that focused on a rediscovery of Greek and Latin texts in the Frankish lands.
Carolingian Renaissance
Byzantine Emperor who ruled at the height of Byzantine power and codified Byzantine law.
Justinian
Man who laid down the basic set of rules that most monasteries followed.
Benedict
The last emperor of the Western Roman empire.
Romulus Augustulus
Mayor of the Palace who started a new dynasty of Frankish kings.
Pepin
Byzantine general who led the reconquest of much of the Western Roman empire for the Byzantine.
Belisarius