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