THE MEDIEVAL WORLD

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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?


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