Community Life in western Europe was centered on the ________________.
Church
Clergy were the recorders and advisers to the king mostly because they could_________________
Read and write
Rule of the ROman Empire was divided bewteen two emperors until _________________.
The Fall of Rome
Justinian I built the ___________as a church.
Hagia Sophia
Many _________________grew out of cathedral schools.
universities
Historians sometimes call the Middle Ages in western Europe the Age of ___________
Faith
These actions were examples of strengthening the power of what?
*prohibiting kings from appointing priests
*outlawing the selling of Church positions
*excommunicating Holy Roman emperor Henry IV
the Church
What factor gave Constantinople the biggest advantage for trade?
Location
An organized set of laws in the Byzantine Empire was known as _________________.
Justinian's code
The idea of bridging faith and reason was that of ______________.
Thomas Aquinas
_______________decreed that Rome would stop persecuting Christians by making it legal to become a Christian.
Constantine
Marriage is an example of a ___________in the Roman Catholic Church.
sacrament
Hippo means "horse." Which event took place in the Hippodrome?
Chariot Races
Who had power over religious matters in the Byzantine Empire?
The emperor
For about 146 years, the Roman Empire operated ___________in the east and west.
capitals
What group of clergy members belongs in the blank:
Pope, Cardinals,______________, Bishops, Priests.
Archbishops
Who would have been likely to make the following statement: I am traveling to Jerusalem to show God how sorry I am for having sinned. I pray we have a safe journey.
Pilgrim
Fans of opposing teams at the Hippodrome were called___________ and ____________.
Blues and Greens
Emperor Leo III established a policy of ___________because he thought people were worshipping pictures instead of God.
Iconoclasm
The ______________is considered the first among equals.
patriarch
Providing a safe place for travelers to stay was the purpose of a _______________.
Monastery.
Taking Jerusalem from the Muslims was the main goal of the ______________.
Crusades
What do these places have in common?
*parts of North Africa
*Italy
*southeastern Spain
Justinian I won them back for the empire
The Orthodox and Catholic churches completely split in 1054. This event was known as ________________.
The Great Schism
The Byzantines were upset and angry when the pope crowned Charlemagne as the Holy Roman Emperor because they believed it should have been their __________that ruled the res of the Roman Empire.
empress