Details Title: 1.2.2.10 Imperial Church Description: Challenge of Christendom Total Flash Cards: 13 Created: 03/14/2009 13:06:14		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Religious Studies Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Feudalism Definition A political and economic system based on a pyramid structure          Term Serfs Definition Peasants, who worked a piece of land in return for food and housing           Term Landlord Definition Next above the serfs               Term Lord Definition A middle-level boss       Term Vassal Definition One who pledged loyalty to a higher lord, or overlord          Term King Definition He was the grand landlord of his region        Term Vikings Definition These “sea rovers” swooped down from Scandinavia in their long, narrow boats, attacking seacoasts and traveling inland on rivers            Term Ansgar Definition A daring Christian missionary, who voyaged to the Vikings’ homelands                 Term John XII Definition The most unworthy pope of all time       Term Otto I Definition A ruler of the East Frankish (German) section of Charlemagne’s old territory        Term Holy Roman Empire Definition It revived, in name if not reality, the empire of Charlemagne          Term Simony Definition An act where a rich man could buy himself the office of bishop        Term Cluny Definition A monastery in France that was independent of any control by a local lord or secular ruler