Vocab
a specially shaped building used for early Christian worship
Basilica
Roman Emperor who made Christianity the religion of the empire
Constantine
King of the Franks and first Holy Roman Emperor
Charlemagne
circle of stones used as a temple for the earliest Britons
Stonehenge
founder of Islam
Mohammed
the hereditary title of some princes of the Holy Roman Empire
margrave
Bishop of Hippo; write The City of God
St. Augustine
father of the Norsemen's gods; giver of courage and wisdom
Odin
invaded England and became king as William I
William of Normandy
leader of the Huns; called "The Scourge of God"
Attila
iconoclast
Christian leader who translated the Bible into Latin
St. Jerome
enemies of Charlemagne in the northern Frankish kingdom
Saxons
priests of the early Britons
Druids
Goths
a set of royal ordinances or edicts
capitularies
Fortunatus
king of the Danes; conquered Norway, Denmark, and England
Sweyn
organized the church of England into bishoprics and parishes
Theodore of Tarsus
battle between Roman army and Goths
Battle of Adrianople
the Christian ceremony comemmorating the Last Supper
Eucharist
pope who sent Augustine as a missionary to England
Gregory the Great
Frankish king who spread Salic Law
Clovis
scholar and teacher who recorded the history of early England
Venerable Bede
statement of essential Christian belief created at Nicea
Nicene Creed