THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
huns
Asiatic tribe
False
Charlemagne was the Saxon king of Wessex.
Aix-la-Chapelle
Charlemagne's capital city was:
missi dominici
Charlemagne's people that were assigned to travel in pairs through the empire checking on courts and the state of the empire were called:
False
All of the Germanic Tribes were Roman Catholic. (true or false)
Bede
One of the greatest scholars of his time was the monk known as _______, who died in 735.
clovis
established frankish kingdom; created and established Catholicism in western Europe
Vortigern
invited Angels and Saxons to England
Duke-
highest ranking noble
787
iconoclasm condemned by a church council
Theodoric
king of ostrogoths; established capital in Ravenna, Italy
726
Leo III destroyed religious statues
Alaric
king of the visigoths
Scriptorium
- a room in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts
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
Mosaic
- decoration or picture made of small pieces of stone, glass, wood and so forth set in a frame
Margrave
- in the Middle Ages, the military ruler of a march
Wergild
- literally a man's price or worth. The price determined the amount of compensation to be paid
constantinople
During the reign of Basil II what city became the cultural center of the Mediterranean and Byzantine culture reaches its highest point
gained
During the reign of Basil II, the Byzantine Empire (gained or lost) the most territory held since the reign of Justinian.
Do nothing kings
Frankish kings of the seventh century
Turks
In 1055, Baghdad, capital of the Islamic Empire, was captured by the:
Normandy
In 911 Charles the Simple allowed Vikings to settle in what was later called:
Papal States-
Large district in central Italy rules by Popes from 775-1870
Beowulf
The Anglo-Saxon epic, _______, was probably written in the seventh or eighth century.
Illuminated manuscripts
The Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels are two of the most famous .
True
The City of God was written by St. Augustine (true or false)
False
The Corpus Juris Civilis is a religious document. (true or false
Asiatic tribe
The Magyars were a(n):
Huns
The Scourge of God was the name given to Attila of the ______.
False
The Synod of Whitby solved military differences. (true or false)
843
The Treaty of Verdun was made in:
England
The greatest scholar, Alcuin of York (735- 804), brought to Charlemagne's court came from:
the death of Eric Bloodaxe
The reign of Alfred the Great is not related to:
Renaissance
The time of great learning during Charlemagne's reign was the time known as the Carolingian ......
Ostrogoths, Franks, Anglo-Saxon
Three influential Germanic kingdoms were.... NOTE: Not tribes, but kingdoms.
Christmas day
What day was Charlemagne crowned emperor in the year 800 by Pope Leo III?
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 of designs. The first letter of a page was often elaborately designed
Count-
a noble who ruled a country of other small region during Charlemagne's time. Late a high ranking noble
Nomad
a person or tribe that moves from place to place, usually to find food of pasture for cattle
Dynasty-
a succession of rulers from the same family
1054
break between Roman and Eastern churches
800
coronation of Charlemagne
Witan
council of a German king
odoacer
deposed the last roman emperor
Comitatas
in the Germanic system, the relationship b/t a leader and his warriors, or a king and his lord
theodosius
made peace with the visigoths
Carolingian
name of second Frankish dynasty of kings. Name taken from the Latin name for Charles-Carolus
Compensation
payment for crime committed. It was given to the victim's family by the offender, also known as wergild
Icon-
religious picture or image, in the eastern church usually painted on wood or ivory
valens
roman emperor killed by Visigoths
Abbasid
the major Islamic Caliphate after 750
gaiseric
vandal leader
Fresco-
watercolor paintings done on wet plaster
oath swearing, trial by ordeal, and compensation
what were the three methods of resolution in the germanic system of law and justice?