The Magna Carta prevented punishment without this legal proceeding.
What is a trial.
The name of King Clovis' wife who prayed for him to become Christian.
Who is Clothilda
The German tribes moved south of the Danube River because they were scared of this people
What are the Huns
Name of the savage tribes found by Rome when Romans invaded Britain.
What are the Picts and Scots
Another name for the Danes and Normans
What are the Vikings
A place where all the citizens go to talk about what they need and think is best for the country
What is a Parliament
Name of the man who was the mayor of the palace and did all the work instead of the king and was eventually crowned king of the Franks by the Pope.
Who is Pepin
The Germanic tribe that came from the north, near the Baltic Sea and planted a settlement in Northern Africa near old Carthage and made Genseric their king. Under thus leader they raided Rome and destroyed much of the city.
What are the Vandals.
Alfred, king of the Saxons, was known not only for being a truth-teller, but also trained men to fight in this military power.
What is the English Navy
The name of the land in the North of France that was given to the Danes when Rollo the Walker attacked the Franks.
What is Normandy
Name of the man who defended Europe against the Mohammedans who came up from Africa and defeated them at Tours in 732, preserving Christianity in Europe.
Who is Charles Martel
Charlemagne is best known for establishing these in his great empire.
The most powerful lord who was chosen as king over the other German lords.
Who is Henry the Falconer.
This saint converted Angles and Saxons to Christianity in Britain.
Who is St. Augustine
The Saxons did not like the Norman rules. The Normans had this word for curfew in French.
couvre-feu
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake by the English because she was believed to be this type of heretic.
What is a witch
After Charlemagne's death, his son Louis the Pious was too weak to keep it all together. So he divided the empire between his three sons through this treaty.
What is the Treaty of Verdun
The territory of a duke.
What is a Duchy.
The name of the just and wise Danish king that conquered England after Alfred died.
Who is King Canute
Document that the people of England forced the mistreating Norman King John to sign in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta
The Germanic tribe led by Alaric that was treated unjustly by the Romans and who retaliated by attacking Rome and almost entirely destroyed it.
What are the West Goths or Visigoths.
Name of the just French king who was not afraid to punish even the most powerful lord to have justice reign in his kingdom.
St. Louis
Name of the lands conquered by Otto the Great.
What is the Holy Roman Empire.
This person was responsible for transmitting the king's orders in the English land divisions called shires.
Who is the Shire-reeve
The Northmen called North America by this name.
What is Vinland.