The Middle Ages in Transition

The Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels are two of the most famous:

illuminated manuscripts

The Frankish kings of the seventh century were called ______________ Kings.

Do Nothing

____________ iconoclasm condemned by a church council _________ coronation of Charlemagne __________ break between Roman and Eastern churches __________ Leo the third destroyed religious statutes

787 800 1054 726

The treaty of Verdun was made in:

843

March

An area along the border of a country, especially one subject to attack.

During the reign of Basil the second, ___________ became the cultural center of the Mediterranean, and Byzantine culture reached its highest point.

Constantinople

Icon

Religious picture or image.

During the reign of Basil the 2nd, the Byzantine Empire _______ the most territory held since the reign of Justinian.

gained

Charlemagne's capital city was:

Aix-la-Chapelle

Papal States

A large district in central Italy ruled by Popes from 775-1870.

Illuminated manuscript

A manuscript decorated with gold, colors, pictures or designs.

Count

A noble who ruled a country in Charlemagne's time.

Scriptorium

A room in a monastery for writing and copying manuscripts.

Thanes

A social class of nobles, soldiers, and ministers.

Dynasty

A succession of rulers from the same family.

The major Islamic Caliphate after 750 was:

Abbasid

The Magyars were a(n):

Asiatic tribe

One of the greatest scholars of his time was the monk known as __________, who died in 735.

Bede

The Anglo-Saxon epic, ________, was probably written in the seventh or eighth century.

Beowulf

Charlemagne was crowned emperor on ___________ in the year 800 by Pope Leo the third.

Christmas Day

Mosaic

Decoration made of small pieces of stone, glass, or wood, set in a frame.

The greatest scholar brought to Charlemagne's court came from:

England

Charlemagne was the Saxon king of Wessex.

False

Duke

Highest ranking noble

Margrave

In the Middle Ages, the military ruler of a march.

Wergild

Literally, a man's price or worth.

Charlemagne's people that were assigned to travel in pairs through the empire checking on courts and the state of the empire were called:

Missi Dominici

In 911 Charles the simple allowed Vikings to settle in what was later called:

Normandy

The time of great learning during Charlemagne's reign was the known as the Carolingian ___________.

Renaissance

Carolingian

The name of the second Frankish dynasty of kings.

In 1055, Baghdad, capital of the Islamic Empire, was captured by the:

Turks

Fresco

Watercolor paintings done on wet plaster.

The reign of Alfred the Great is not related to:

the death of Eric Bloodaxe