work on

break between Roman and Eastern churches happened in

1054

Leo III destroyed religious statutes in

726

iconoclasm condemned by a church council in

787

coronation of Charlemagne acoured in

800

The Treaty of Verdun was made in:

843

march

A frontier area along the border of a country, especially one subject to attack and needing strong defense.

illuminated manuscript

A manuscript decorated with gold, colors, pictures or designs. The first letter of a page was often elaborately designed.

count

A noble who ruled a county or other small region during Charlemagne's time. Later a high ranking noble.

dynasty

A succession of rulers from the same family.

The major Islamic Caliphate after 750 was:

Abbasid

Charlemagne's capital city was:

Aix-la-Chapelle

Thanes

Also thegns. A member of a social class that were servants of the king and were given land in exchange for military service. Members of this class included mostly lesser nobles, soldiers, and ministers.

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 III.

Christmas Day

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

Constantinople

mosaic

Decoration or picture made of small pieces of stone, glass, wood, and so forth set in a frame.

The Frankish kings of the seventh century were called Kings.

Do nothing Kings

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

England

Charlemagne was the Saxon king of Wessex.

False

duke

Highest ranking noble.

Carolingian

Name of second Frankish dynasty of kings. Name taken from the Latin name for Charles-Carolus.

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

Normandy

icon

Religious picture or image, in the eastern church usually painted on wood or ivory.

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

Renaissance

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

Turks

fresco

Watercolor paintings done on wet plaster.

During the reign of Basil II, _____ the Byzantine Empire the most territory held since the reign of Justinian.

gained

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

illuminated manuscripts

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

The reign of Alfred the Great is not related to:

the death of Eric Bloodaxe