HUM 1020 Chapter 6: The Early Middle Ages

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Romanesque Style

Big arches Barrel-vaulted ceilings More floor space Floor was cross-shaped Faced East

Rebuild

Churches had to _____________ in order to accommodate people coming to see the relics The new style was called Romanesque

Relics

Consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint Many came from the Middle East during the Crusades

Charlemagne

Crowned the Holy Roman Emperor by the bishop

The Song of Roland

Epic poem witten about the nephew of Charlemagne An example of "songs of deeds" Speaks of holy relics that gives people power Preformed by minstrels

Franks

Established a kingdom along the Rhone River, halting the Muslim incursion Charles Martel sealed the border

Neoplatonism

Established in the high middle ages c. 1000 The rediscovery of Plato The belief in reason ex. Anselm

William the Conqueror

He becomes king of England after the Norman invasion

Wall carvings

Located on then outside of the churches Biblical figures

Norman invasion of England

Occurred 1066 C.E. William of Northern France invaded England to take the thrown from Harold Shown in the Bayeux Tapestry

Anselm

A neoplatonist that created the ontological argument Believed God is "that than which nothing greater can be conceived"

Monks

All philosophers during the Early Middle Ages were _________.

Beowulf

Anglo-Saxen epic written in Old English Composed c. 700

Gregorian chants

Morality plays developed from these which slowly began to include verses

500 C.E.

Rome officially fell this year This is also the year Old English/Anglo-Saxon english developed

Pepin the Short

Son of Charles Martel The first Carolingian king

Charlemagne

Son of Pepin Ruled 768-814 Became the king of the Franks and expanded the empire The 1st true emperor of western Europe

Carolingian

The Dynasty of Charlemagne was called _________.

Tympanum

The large semicircular space Often contains sculpture or other imagery or ornaments

Carolingian Renaissance

The learning that took ace during Charlemagne's rule Went to the monasteries and got the clergy to teach because they could read and write

Middle English

The result of people in the high court speaking French which mixed with Old English


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