Frankish Kingdom Falshcards
Pope Gregory I
"Gregory the Great"; broadened the authority of the papacy, or pope's office, beyond spiritual role; papacy became secular power involved in politics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_I
Charles Martel
Carolingian monarch of Franks; responsible for defeating Muslims in battle of Tours in 732; ended Muslim threat to western Europe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martel
Clovis
king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_I
Treaty of Verdun
843 Treaty that ended power struggle of Charlemagne's 3 sons after his death and split Franks into 3 kingdoms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Verdun
Battle of Tours
European armies defeat Muslim armies and stop the spread of Islam in Europe in 732 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_tours
Franks
Germanic people who lived and held power in Gaul. Their leader was Clovis and he would later bring Christianity to the region. By 511 the Franks had united into one kingdom and they controlled the largest and strongest parts of Europe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franks
Charlemagne
King of the Franks (r. 768-814); emperor (r. 800-814). Through a series of military conquests he established the Carolingian Empire, which encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. Illiterate, though started an intellectual revival. (250) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne
Holy Roman Empire
Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor who had little control over the hundreds of princes who elected him. It lasted from 962 to 1806. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire
Medieval
relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medival
Pope Leo III
the pope who in 800 crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor (750-816) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_III