World History Unit 3
What were the Magyars?
Asiatic tribe
The four "doctors" of the Church
Augustine, Jerome, Gregory the Great, and Ambrose
What monk was the greatest scholar of his time and died in 735?
Bede
wrote Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Bede
What is the name of the Anglo-Saxon epic that was probably written in the 7th or 8th century?
Beowulf
wrote Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius
early university
Bologna
Another name for the Eastern Empire
Byzantine Empire
Title of Muslim religious and political leader
Caliph
The Danish king who ruled England from 1016 to 1035
Canute
The Carolingian line of kings were followed by what?
Capetian line of kings
Name of second Frankish dynasty of kings. Name taken from the Latin name for Charles-Carolus
Carolingian
Canterbury Tales
Chaucer
A standard of conduct for the ideal knight
Chivalry Code
On what day was Charlemagne crowned emperor in the year 800 by Pope Leo III?
Christmas
Who is credited with establishing Catholicism in western Europe?
Clovis
established Frankish kingdom
Clovis
PAYMENTfor crime committed. It was given to the victim's family by the offender, also known as wergild
Compensation
Who was the last Byzantine emperor?
Constantine XI
During the reign of Basil II, what became the cultural center of the Mediterranean, and Byzantine culture reached its highest point?
Constantinople
established Moscow
Daniel
Divine Comedy
Dante
The Frankish kings of the seventh century
Do-nothing kings
spanish epic
El Cid
The Wars of the Roses was caused because of a dispute over the throne of which country?
England
Where was the greatest scholar brought to Charlemagne's court from?
England
In the Middle Ages, knightly lyric poet or composer who wrote of love and chivalry
troubadour
Who conquered the Byzantine empire in 1453?
turks
A noble holding a fief from another noble of higher rank.
vassal
Decoration or picture made of small pieces of stone, glass, wood, and so forth set in a frame.
Mosaic
Russian National hero
ALEXANDER NEVSKI
The major Islamic Caliphate after 750
Abbasid
Charlemagne's capital city
Aix-la- Chapelle
King of the visigoths
Aleric
Whose reign is not related to the death of Eric Bloodaxe?
Alfred the Great
claimed to be a messenger from God
Muhammad
A person or tribe that moves from place to place, usually to find food or pasture for cattle
Nomad
In 911 Charles the Simple allowed Vikings to settle in what was later called what?
Normandy
deposed the last Roman emperor
Odacer
Joan of Arc led the French army against the siege at where?
Orleans
Arian missionary
Ufila
Viking russians
VARANGIANS
Roman emperor killed by Visigoths
Valens
Highest ranking noble
duke
A succession of rulers from the same family
dynasty
In a religious sense, to cut off church functions or privileges
interdict
Long narrative poem telling of heroic deeds and adventures. Often expresses the ideals of a nation. Example: Beowulf.
epic
A social, economic, and political system in the Middle Ages in which vassals gave military service in return for land and protection from a lord.
feudalism
A system of LOCAL government where a vassal would give allegiance to a lord in exchange for the use of some land
feudalism
In feudal society the land held from a lord in return for service.
fief
In the Middle Ages, a peasant who could leave the manor.
freeman
Watercolor paintings done on wet plaster
fresco
Ceremony in which the vassal declares his loyalty to his lord and receives his fief
investiture
The most important European development in Europe at this time was what?
the rise of Charlemagne and his empire
Workman or craftsman who has served his apprenticeship, is licensed to work, but is not yet a master or employer.
journeyman
Style of architecture developed in the High Middle Ages. Used pointed arches, flying buttresses, high steep roofs, and many stained-glass windows
gothic
The time of great learning during Charlemagne's reign
Carolingian Renaissance
A union of merchants from the same town, or of artisans from the same craft.
guild
Religious picture or image, in the eastern church usually painted on wood or ivory.
icon
hero of Spanish Reconquist
"El Cid"
The Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels are two of the most famous what ?
Illuminated Manuscripts
List the works written by Augustine of Hippo
-Concerning the Trinity -Confessions -The City of God
List the three methods of resolution in the Germanic system of law and justice
-Oath swearing -Trial by ordeal -compensation
List three reasons for the final decline of the Byzantine empire
1. Constantinople never recovered from being captured during the Fourth Crusade 2. The bubonic plague in 1347 called the Black Death weakened the population 3. No power or resources to ward off invasions
break between Roman and eastern churches
1054
year of the Battle of Hastings
1066
Leo III destroyed religious statutes
726
iconoclasm condemned by a church council
787
coronation of Charlemagne
800
When was the treaty of Verdun made?
843
A manuscript decorated with gold, colors, pictures or designs. The first letter of a page was often elaborately designed
Illuminated manuscript
geometry
Euclid
Constantinople was captured for the first time in 1204, during the what?
Fourth Crusade
The Hundred Years' War was caused because of a dispute over the succession to the throne of which country?
France
Who founded the Franciscans?
Francis of Assisi
During the reign of Basil II, did the Byzantine Empire gain or lose the most territory held since the reign of Justinian?
Gained
vandal leader
Gaiseric
Mongol territory in Russia
Golden Horde
red rose
House of Lancaster
white rose
House of York
Asiatic tribe
Huns
A term of contempt applied to a person who does not accept a particular religion
Infedel
In whose name did many Arabs set out on holy wars, conquering much of the Eastern Empire?
Islam
means submission to God
Islam
first "tsar"
Ivan the Great
elite corps of the Ottoman Turks
Janissary corps
Who was the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire who codified Roman law in the Corpus Juris Civilis?
Justinian
modern Beijing
Khambalik
holy book of Islam
Koran
The document that King John was forced to sign by his nobles
Magna Carta
A social and economic system where serfs were bound to a manor ruled by a lord
Manorialism
The word that refers to anything concerned with the Middle Ages
Medieval
Charlemagne's people that were assigned to travel in pairs through the empire checking on courts and the state of the empire
Missi Dominici
Where did Benedict establish his monastery?
Monte Cassino
In the Middle Ages, either a nobleman who possessed armor and was trained to use it or the lowest ranking person in the feudal system.
knight
Three influential Germanic kingdoms
Ostrogothic, Frankish, & Anglo-Saxon
first emperor of the holy Roman empire
Otto the Great
Large district in central Italy ruled by Popes from 775-1870
Papal States
Missionary to Ireland
Patrick
Who gained political victories over both Philip of France and King John of England?
Pope Innocent III
Early medieval style of architecture using rounded arches and vaults.
Romanesque
What name of given to Attila of the Huns?
Scourge of God
A room in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts
Scriptorium
A member of the Shiah sect of the Muslim religion
Shi'ites
The Capetian king who led the Seventh and Eighth Crusades
St.Louis
A member of the orthodox sect of the Muslim religion. Also Sunnis
Sunnites
Assemblies called to discuss and to decide church affairs
Synods
Mongol and Turkish tribes
Tatars
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.
Thanes
established Mongol capital in Khambalik
kublai khan
In 1055, Baghdad, capital of the Islamic Empire, was captured by who?
The turks
king of Ostrogoths
Theodoric
After deposing Odacer, who established his capital at Ravenna?
Theodoric the Ostrogoth
made peace with the Visigoths
Theodosius
Who wrote Summa Theologica?
Thomas Aquinas
invited Angels and Saxons to England
Vortigern
Council of a German king
Witan
In the Middle Ages, a young person who learned a trade or an art from a master. He usually lived with master while he learned
apprentice
In the Middle Ages, a man who collected rents, oversaw workers for the lord of the manor.
bailiff
Middle class. From the French word for town dwellers.
bourgeoisie
Citizen of a burgh or town
burgher
In the Germanic system, the relationship between a leader and his warriors, or a king and his lord
comitatus
A noble who ruled a county or other small region during Charlemagne's time. Later a high ranking noble.
count
Manorial land held by the lord, attached to the manor house, and not held by serfs or freeman.
demesne
A social and economic system in the Middle Ages.
manorialism
A frontier area along the border of a country, especially one subject to attack and needing strong defense
march
In the Middle Ages, the military ruler of a march
margrave
In the Middle Ages, one who entertained in the lord's household, or traveled about singing songs or reciting poems.
minstrel
In the Middle Ages, the first step to knighthood taken when the son of a noble reached the age of seven.
page
In the Middle Ages, a new development of music that had two or more separate melodies interwoven.
polyphony
In the manorial system, the man who worked with the bailiff and represented the peasants
reeve
In feudal society, a peasant bound to the manor who could not leave without permission.
serf
In the Middle Ages, the training period for future knights.
squire
In the manorial system. Overseer of the manor in the lords absence. Presided over manorial court.
steward
In the feudal system, the granting of a fief by a noble to a lesser noble.
subinfeudation
The everyday language of ordinary people
vernacular
Literally a man's price or worth. The price determined the amount of compensation to be paid
wergild
