Vocabulary
The Fall of Rome
Germanic Kingdoms and Society
Visigoths in Hispania
Charlemagne and the Carolingians
100

A political and social system based on land grants and mutual military obligations. 

Feudalism

100

Romans used this word for foreing, uncivilized peoples beyond the border

Barbarians

100

In less Romanised areas, Germanic influence formed the basis of these two languages. 

English and German

100

The Visigoths came to the peninsula in this year as allies of Rome

409

100

Thgis was the empire that Charlemagne ruled over. 

Carolingian Empire

200
The self-sufficient agricultural estate controlled by a medieval noble lord. 

Manor

200

These nomadic herders from the Asian steppe attacked Germanic tribes, pushing them into Roman lands. 

Huns

200

This kingdom settled across modern France and western Germany and became the most enduring post-Roman empire. 

Frankish Kingdom

200

After the Franks defeated them in 507, the Visigoths left this capital city for Toledo. 

Toulouse

200

Charlemagne's capital city

Aachen

300

A sworn ceremony of personal loyalty between a noble and their superior lord. 

Vassalage
300

In AD 395, this emperor permanently split the empire into East and West

Who is Theodosius

300

In the Germanic rural economy, this was the main source of wealth, owned by wealthy families. 

Land

300

The Visigoth king relied on this royal court, along with dukes and counts. 

Aula Regia

300

Charlemagne presented himself as a defender of this religious community

Christendom

400

This Byzantine emperor ordered Roman laws to be collected into one code. 

Justinian. 

400

In AD 451, Attilas Huns lost his battle in Gual

The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
400

These Christian leaders preserved urban order and records. 

Bishops

400

The Visigoths converted to Catholocism at this council in 589

Third Council of Toledo

400

The treaty that divided Charlemagne's empire after his death. 

Treaty of Verdun

500

These were books or documents written on parchment and entirely by hand. 

Manuscript

500

In AD 476, this leader deposed Romulus Augustulus, ending the Western Roman Empire

Odoacer

500

Monks copied manuscripts in this room. 

Scriptorium

500

This law code established common laws for Visigoths and Hispano-Romans. 

Liber ludiciorum

500

This son of Charlemagne succeeded him, but his reign was unstable. 

Louis the Pious