People
Roman emperor who legalized Christianity after a famous battle
Who is Constantine?
General term Romans used for non-Roman peoples
What are barbarians?
System where land is exchanged for service and loyalty
What is Feudalism?
Irish missionary who spread Christianity
Who is St. Patrick?
Frankish leader who stopped Muslim expansion at Tours
Who is Charles Martel?
Who rebuked an Emperor for mass murder and made him do public penance?
Who is St. Ambrose
Germanic tribes including Visigoths and Ostrogoths
Who are the gothic tribes?
Islamic leaders who succeeded Muhammad
Who are Caliphs?
Religion founded by Muhammad
What is Islam?
First Carolingian king, father of Charlemagne
Who is Pepin the Short?
Byzantine emperor and empress who built Hagia Sophia
Who are Justinian and Theodora?
Nomadic warriors from Central Asia who pushed into Europe
Who are the Huns?
Christian religious community where monks live
What is a Monastery?
Monk who created rules for monastic life
Who is St. Benedict of Nursia?
King who united much of Western Europe, and became Emperor
Who is Charlemagne
Hun leader who threatened Rome but was turned away
Who is Attila the Hun?
Early inhabitants of Scotland who resisted Roman rule
Who are the Picts?
Testimony, Prayer, Almsgiving, Pilgrimage, and Fasting
What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
Pope who sent missionaries across Europe, wanted to live quietly but served the people of Rome and organized liturgy and legislature, and codifiedchurch music.
Pope Gregory the Great (I)
Pope who crowned Charlemagne emperor
Who is Pope Leo III
Frankish king who converted to Christianity, strengthening ties with the Church
Who is Clovis I?
Germanic groups hired to defend England after Rome withdrew, who then invaded England
Who are the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes?
System of government created by Diocletian dividing rule among four rulers.
What is Diocletian's Tetrarchy?
Process of decorating manuscripts with gold and color
What is "illuminating"?
Dynasty started by Clovis
What is the Merovingian Dynasty?