Germanic Tribes
"long-haired kings"
The Merovingians
Alfred's territory
Wessex
Count of Paris. Voted as the new king. His family, the Capetians, would rule for the next 300 years.
Hugh Capet
What the english called the vikings
The Danes
Given to 18 kings of France. A late form of the name Clovis.
Louis
A Germanic tribe that settled in northern Italy, ruled Italy from 568 to 774 and migrated south to seek new lands.
Lombards
A council of wise men. Their duty was to advise the king.
Witan
Lothair accepted an oath with this treaty, ending three-year-long civil war ended
These "tales of worthy men" were not written down until the 13th or 14th century.
The sagas
Received after a vassal has paid homage and sworn fealty
An Act of Investiture
He was known as the "Champion of the cross against the crescent". He never assumes the title as king, being the de facto ruler of France.
Charles Martel
An important step in the eventual Romanization of the church in England.
The Synod of Whitby
The two languages the oath between Louis and Charles, called the Strasbourg oath, were written in.
German and Latin
Invited the vikings to control and administer their lawless land.
Russia
A system in which students learned engineering, hydroponics and math.
Trivium
He stressed the importance of racial harmony. Tried to restore the glory of Ancient Rome. Had a privileged education.
Theodoric
The Archbishop of Canterbury who established schools in Canterbury, resulting in a "golden age" of Anglo-Saxon scholarship.
Invalidated the legitimacy of this Empress after Christmas day 800, when the Pope crowned Charlemagne "Imperator Romanorum".
Irene of Constantinople
Merchant vessel to carry cargo
knarr
credited for inventing the "?"
Alciun
He was an Arian Christian who officially ended the Western Roman Empire.
Odacer
The male head of the monastery who had the control.
Abbots
Where Alcuin's manuscripts were copied into.
scriptorium
This river was established by the Vikings who settled in Northeast Russia in the 9th century.
The Volga River
The brother of the first Holy Roman Emperor.
Carloman I