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Important People
Important People 2/ Miscellaneous
Important Concepts
Norse Gods 1
Norse Gods 2
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Viking explorer who discovered and helped colonized Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland
Who is Leif Erikson?
100
Frankish emperor who merged religion and politics and was eventually crowned the emperor of Rome
Who is Charlemagne?
100
These three subjects were taught at the Trivium
What are Grammar, Rhetoric, and Dialectic (Logic)?
100
God of thunder, sworn enemy of the giants
Who is Thor?
100
Father of the Gods, Wednesday is named after him.
Who is Odin?
200
Viking leader who served as a “soldier of fortune” for the Byzantine Emperor
What is Harold Sigurdsson?
200
Islamic caliph who worked closely with Charlemagne and his empire
Who is Harun al-Rashid?
200
These are the 4 subjects taught at the Quadrivium
What is Music, Astronomy, Arithmetic, and Geometry?
200
Wife of Odin, protector of marriage
Who is Frigga?
200
Watchman of the Gods, Guard of Bifröst, horn will sound the beginning of Ragnarok
Who is Heimdall?
300
Son of Charlemagne, who's death led to the signing of the Treaty of Verdun
Who is Louis the Pious?
300
Why was the Ecclesiastical History of the English Peoples important?
It was important because rather than talking about simply one region, he talked about an entire "country" and he also used the B.C., A.D. dating system
300
This is the main way in which Alfred the Great spread learning throughout the Anglo Saxon kingdom
What is he translated many texts from Latin into Old English
300
Goddess of Love and Beauty, rode a giant boar into battle
Who is Freya?
300
Trickster god, part god and part giant
Who is Loki?
400
Anglo-Saxon king who promoted academia and successfully united all of the Anglo Saxon kingdoms
Who is Alfred the Great?
400
How was the monastery at Cluny important?
It was important because it was the first to be exempt from local control and only answered to the Abbot and the Pope.
400
How did the concept of wergeld reflect on the values held in Anglo-Saxon society?
Because they put a monetary value on even the smallest offenses, including insulting someone, and it represents a merging between the Anglo-Saxon and Germanic cultures.
400
God of one-on-one combat, lost one of his hands to a giant wolf
Who is Tyr?
400
Most beloved of all the gods, represented purity
Who is Balder?
500
Anglo-Saxon academic who wrote The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Who is the Venerable Bede?
500
What role did the Witenagemot play in the administration of the empire?
They served as advisors to the king and were usually the ones who elected/appointed the king.
500
These are some of the ways in which Charlemagne merged politics and religion. (Name 2)
What is he forced the Saxons to convert to Christianity, tried to marry his son to Irene of Byzantium, was crowned by Pope Leo as the Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800.