Byzantines I
Another name for Byzantium
Constantinople
Conquerors of the Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Turks
The Great Schism
Germanic tribe that settled in Gaul
the Franks
People who were promised themselves to the lord and worked the fields in a manor
serfs
Influence of Empress Theodora
Source of Byzantine wealth
trade and commerce throughout connecting Europe, Africa and Asia
Institution that tried all crimes of heresy
the Inquisition
He was crowned Emperor of the Romans in 800 ACE and began the Holy Roman Empire
Charlemagne
A form of payment in feudalism
Justinian I's lasting legacy
the codification of Western law and government
Alphabet created by Byzantine missionaries
Cyrillic alphabet
The system where those who desired to be dedicated to Christ and live away from society
monasticism
Treaty the divided Charlemagne's Empire
the Treaty of Verdun
A lord's obligation to a vassal
protection
Lasting legacy of the Byzantine Empire
Western law and government
Controversy that led to the Great Schism
Iconoclasm
Pope who asserted the supremacy of the bishop of Rome
Pope Leo I
Alcuin's development of Carolingian minuscule or handwriting that increased lay literacy
Required fealty to a lord
vassalage
Elements that made up the Byzantine Empire
Hellenistic Greek, Judaic monotheistic elements
Important contribution of the Byzantine scholars
the preservation of the Greek New Testament Bible
Pope who proclaimed the pope was more powerful than kings
Pope Gelasius I
How vassals were used by a lord
The master of all masters in feudalism
the liege lord