Byzantine Zenith and Nadir
Symeon left this office to enter a monastery.
What is the office of Senator?
Some people questioned Michael Psellus' orthodoxy because of this.
What is his interest in pagan philosophy and his study of the religious and philosophical traditions of non-Christian peoples.
When was the term "Holy Roman Empire" first used?
In the 13th century.
This was the reason the pope changed his fealty.
He needed military protection that could be provided by the Franks.
An architectural feature that led to the building of some of history's greatest cathedrals.
What is the flying buttress?
St. Symeon, St. John the Divine, and St. Gregory of Nazianzus.
Who are the three individuals to whom the title of Theologian has been granted in the Eastern Christian tradition?
He called for the Fourth Crusade.
Who is Pope Innocent III?
When is it considered the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire?
Christmas Day, 800 with the coronation of Charlemagne in Rome.
This phrase means the "Senate and the People of Rome".
What is Senatus Populusque Romanus?
The Benedictines founded many of these.
What are hospitals?
What is Hymns of Divine Love?
What Christian city did the Crusaders sack?
Constantinople was brutally sacked.
The pope changed his fealty from the Byzantine emperor to the Frankish.
A conflict in the 11th and 12th centuries, in which government sought to select and install church leaders, was known as this.
What is the Investiture Controversy?
He was, perhaps, the greatest Medieval Catholic philosopher.
Who was Thomas Aquinas?
Describe the Byzantine Renaissance
The Byzantine Renaissance was a time that was marked by a spiritual awakening, a renewal of theology, and the practice of contemplative prayer.
Who was Andronicus I Comnenus?
The coronation signaled this very significant change.
It now appeared that the emperor received his authority from the Church, rather than from the "Senate and the People of Rome".
This leader of the German Empire continued the support and defense of the papacy.
Who is Otto I?
These helped preserve education and intellectual thought during Medieval times.
What are monasteries?
Who was primarily responsible for the curriculum of the university in Constantinople?
Who was Michael Psellus?
The Fourth Crusade never reached the Holy Land, instead the Crusaders did this.
What is aid Alexius IV in capturing the imperial throne?
According to the Hohenstaufens, imperial power came from this.
Imperial power was conferred by the Diet of German princes, not the pope.
He was the emperor who adopted the title of "Holy Empire" for his realm.
Who is Frederick I Barbarossa?
What two religious orders took shape in the 13th century?
Who are the Franciscans and the Dominicans.