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Final Review
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12/07/2010

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Term
Augustine of Canterbury
Definition
Monk who became the Archbishop of Canterbury after his missionary journey to Britainia. His travels to the campaign had a lot of troubles. Faced mutiny but kept going.
Term
Alaric
Definition
King of the Visigoths
First Germanic leader to sack Rome
Leader of the Visigoths who served in the foederati.
Term
Romulus Augustulus
Definition
The last emperor of the Roman Empire
Was ousted by Odoacer in 476; Leader of a Germanic people group.
His father was Orestes
Term
Justinian
Definition
Justinian the Great. Attempted to retake western Rome but is known as the Emperor of Byzantium. Did reclaim the city of Rome. Had the Hagia Sophia built
Term
Theodora
Definition
Father was a bear trainer in circus.
History of Prostitution and being in the theater.
Justinian falls in love with her and passes a law all
Byzantine Empress
Saved the emperor from losing his throne.
Term
Muhammad
Definition
Born in Mecca
Orphaned
Worked as a Caravan driver
Recieves the Quran over the course of 20 years
Islam is born out of Muhammad's life
Term
Khadija
Definition
Wife of Muhammad
Considered the first prophetess of Islam
Term
Charles Martel
Definition
Grandfather of Charlemagne
Charles the Hammer
Frankish Military and political leader during an interrum period.
Term
Gregory the Great
Definition
POPE
First pope to come from a monastic background.
Sent missionary work through Augustine of Canterbury to Britania.
Converted King Clovis and the Franks.
Term
Clovis
Definition
King of the Franks. First to be converted to Christianity. Wife's name was Clotild.
Term
Benedict of Nursia
Definition
Founder of Western Monastacism
Term
Einhard
Definition
Writer of the Life of Charlemagne
Was an advisor to Charlemagne himself.
Educated at the monastery in Fulda
Term
Pepin III
Definition
Known as Pepin the short. Also called Pippin der Grosse.
First king of the Franks.
Brother of Carloman
Father of Charlemagne
Term
Charlemagne
Definition
Charles the Great
Looked to as a model for what a king should be in early Medieval Europe
King of the Franks
Term
Gregory VII
Definition
Clerical reform
Celibacy
Simony
Plurality
Resolution Controversy with King Henry IV
Term
Henry IV
Definition
Had a conflict with Pope Gregory VII
Authority over the Pope?
Tried to appoint the bishop of Canterbury.
Excommunicated then repented
Term
Alexios Comnenos
Definition
Founder of the Komnenian dynasty
Term
Urban II
Definition
Pope preaches crusade as indulgence
Wanted Jerusalem back
Took civil violence out of Europe unifying it
Term
Francis of Assisi
Definition
Voluntary poverty
Gives clothes away to poor
Son of successful cloth merchant, father accuses of stealing, bishop takes him in
Franciscans (disciples) live off of charity and preach
Term
Clare of Assisi
Definition
Wanted to be apart of the Friars of Assisi
Made her own group called the poor Clares
Dedicated to helping the poor
Term
Boccaccio
Definition
Italian writer
Wrote Decameron;
Florentian
Term
Venerable Bede
Definition
Monk of England
Author, scholar
Wrote the only known historical account of Britain
Popularized the BC AD timeline
“father of English history
only English doctor of church
Term
Giotto
Definition
Rennaisance artist involved in bridge design and architecture
Lived through black death
Fresco, biblical art
Paintings show transition from medieval style (in pp)
Inside of scorvegni chapel and weird bell tower
Term
Donatello
Definition
Rennaisance Sculptor
First freestanding life-size nude since antiquity
David wearing Florentine hat, goliath head with Milanese helmet
Equestrian of general – Gattamelata
Term
Leonardo Da Vinci
Definition
The reason for the phrase "Rennaisance man"
Mona lisa, last supper – oil paint and fresco
Military engineer, scientist, sculptor, artist in general
Term
Michelangelo
Definition
Anatomy
Carved name into Pieta, shift of art from God’s glory to artist credit
Term
Botticelli
Definition
patronage in art, venus
Patrons in biblical art scenes
Birth of venus represents birth of humanism
Term
Raphael
Definition
Kown for Madonna
Mary looks like a peasant girl
Cross is a sign of the Martyr.
Term
Brunelleschi
Definition
2 shelled dome on the Santa Maria del Fur with hoisting mechanisms
Engineer
Painter
Term
Cosimo de Medici
Definition
First of Medici dynasty in Florentine Republic
Patron of Donatello (cast bronze David) and Brunelleschi (dome)
Term
Lorenzo de Medici
Definition
Patron of Michelangelo and da Vinci
Ruler of Florentine Republic
Term
Christopher Columbus
Definition
Was chartered by Ferdinand
Term
Queen Isabella and Ferdinand
Definition
Queen to King Ferdinand's throne
Spain
Ferdinand devised the Spanish inquisition
Used the Church to push out reform
Chartered Christopher Columbus
Term
Niccolo Machiavelli
Definition
Exiled after Medici’s return to power
Wrote The Prince
Dedicated to the Medici Prince
Term
Desidirius Erasmus
Definition
Humanist Christian thinker
Learned Hebrew and Greek
wrote the first critical edition of the Greek bible
Term
Copernicus
Definition
Heliocentric cosmology
Studied astronomy for 30 years straight
Polski
Term
Galileo Galilei
Definition
Supported heliocentric model
Advances in telescope
Observational astronomy
Term
Tycho Brahe
Definition
Danish planetary observer
Recorded heliocentricity
Kepler his assistant
Term
Johannes Kepler
Definition
Assistant to Brahe
Laws of planetary motion
Contemporary of Galileo
Provided theories used by Isaac Newton
Term
Martin Luther
Definition
95 theses in Wittenberg
translated NT into German while in hiding
opposed peasant revolts
Consubstantiation – bread and wine spiritually filled with body and blood of Christ for all believers
Term
Pope Leo X
Definition
Excommunicates Luther
Edict of Worms
Term
Frederick of Saxony
Definition
Luther’s patron
Requested papal legate come to Germany rather than Luther go to Rome
Luther excommunicated
Term
Charles V
Definition
Ruled in time of Martin Luther
Holy Roman Emperor in Spain
Controlled parts of Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Italy and all of Spain
Peace of Augsberg treaty between him and forces of Schmalkaldic League (Lutheran Princes)
Term
Katherine von Bora
Definition
Martin Luther’s wife
Escaped in a barrel
Would only marry Luther
German Catholic nun
Set example for Protestant family life and clerical marriage
Term
Ulrich Zwingli
Definition
Studied Erasmus, theocratic philosophy
Sausage fest on Ash Wednesday
Communion- bread and wine simply reminders of Christ’s body and blood
Term
John Calvin
Definition
French, humanist education
God’s sovereignty, no one can understand God (predestination)
Christ a mediator, death atones sins
Flees to Geneva, cleans up Canton, sends Huguenots into France
Term
Pope Paul III
Definition
Council of Trent,
Reform must start from top
Organized the Sacred Congregation of the Holy order
Term
Pope Paul IV
Definition
Term
Teresa of Avila
Definition
Wrote autobiography, read books of chivalry seen as worldy
Converts
Founds order of discalced Carmelites
Politically savvy
First Female Doctor of the Church
Term
Ignatius of Loyola
Definition
Spanish Catholic reformer
Injured as soldier, reads religious texts in recovery, decided to be God’s soldier
Goes to school, founds Societ of Jesus (Jesuits)
Committed to preaching to poor and ignorant in Europe and especially abroad
Saw new converts oppressed by Spanish Inquisition as culturally knowledgeable people who could be used to reach those in their previous religion
Term
Bartolome de las Casas
Definition
Defends indigenous people’s rights
Appalled by violence of colonists
Term
Francis Xavier
Definition
Success in preaching to untouchables
Brahmins don’t convert
Eventually fails
Goes to Japan with plan to convert nobility first
Blends in with culture to gain acceptance
Dies on way to China
Term
Matteo Ricci
Definition
Jesuit, adopts Confucian scholarly dress
Familiarizes self with Chinese intellectualism
Church permits Gospel adaptasion to Asian culture in order to convert
Term
5 pillars of Islam
Definition
Shahadah – declaration of faith
No god but Allah, Muhammad is prophet
Strict monotheism, Christianity polytheistic
Prayer – 5 times a day
Alms – 2.5% tax tithe of assets (net worth)
Fasting during Ramadan
Hajj- pilgrimage to Mecca
Term
Danube
Definition
From Switzerland area to Black Sea
Visigoths cross into Rome
Northern border of the Roman Empire
Term
Battle of Adrianople
Definition
Visigoths rebel against stingy Romans
Defeat army
No siege tech to take city
Term
Constantinople
Definition
New Christian capital in 11th century, Justinian
Nika Revolt
Capital of Byzantium
Term
Mecca and Medina
Definition
New trade centers on east coast of Red Sea and inland of east coast north of Mecca
Conflict on silk road between Persian and Byzantine border
New caravan from south to north along Red Sea
New culture rises, tension between old and new thought
Mecca religious center of Aram world
Mohammad migrated here form Mecca, much more success here
Term
Battle of Tours
Definition
Viewed as major win for Christianity, not a big deal to Muslims
Charles Martel
Term
Aachen
Definition
Palace of Charlemagne in Germany
Palace school of Charlemagne
Cathedral interior resembles byzantine style
Term
Baghdad
Definition
Center of Arabian civilization
Medieval Muslim world
Harun al Rashid
Term
Florence
Definition
Home of Medici family
republic
Term
Adriatic Sea
Definition
To east of Italy
Term
Milan
Definition
Augustine of Hippo hears child’s song in garden, read bible
Donatello’s David came from here, new alps
Last Supper
Principality
Term
Geneva
Definition
Calvin takes refuge here
Sends missionaries (Huguenots) out to France
Calvin reforms religiously, politically, socially
Enforces law, helps poor, rules against entertainment, taverns into teahouses, outlaws zipper
Church and state should work together equally
Term
Wittenburg
Definition
Luther posted 95 theses
Frederick of Saxony
Edict of Worms
Term
Arianism
Definition
Arius started belief that Jesus was inferior to God and did not always exist
Deemed heretical by Council of Nicaea
Term
Hajj
Definition
Annual pilgrimage to Mecca
Term
5 pillars of Islam
Definition
Shahadah – declaration of faith
No god but Allah, Muhammad is prophet
Strict monotheism, Christianity polytheistic
Prayer – 5 times a day
Alms – 2.5% tax tithe of assets (net worth)
Fasting during Ramadan
Hajj- pilgrimage to Mecca
Term
Lombards
Definition
Migrated from north to Danube river valley
Took over Byzantium, then were conquered by Franks
Turned into kingdom of Italy during middle ages
Term
Magyars
Definition
Hungarians
Invade after Charlemagne dies
From asia minor, convert to Christianity in 1000
Term
Magyars
Definition
Hungarians
Invade after Charlemagne dies
From asia minor, convert to Christianity in 1000
Term
3 orders of Medieval society
Definition
Pray
Fight
Work
Term
Benedictine Rule
Definition
Written by Benedict of Nursia
Lists precepts followed by monks in his order
Adopted by many monastic orders in the middle ages
Term
Gregorian reform
Definition
Simony – Simon Magus tried to buy holy spirit
Buying or selling of church office
Plurality
One person holding too many church offices, pays more
Clerical celibacy
Eliminates nepotism
King taken from power – restored after repenting
Term
Crusades
Definition
Alexios Comnenos of Byzantium asks Pope Urban II to stop schism
Asks for mercenaries from west to help with Turks
Pope Urban preaches crusades as indulgences – unifies Europe
Vow taken – took cross to Europe
Arabs viewed Franks as aggressive, uncouth invaders
Jews despised and blamed for Jesus’ death, massacred
Land given to Byzantium
Term
Romanesque architecture
Definition
Semi-circular arches
Term
Gothic Architecture
Definition
Pointed arches
Ribbed vault
Flying buttresses
Arch supporting a wall
Term
King gives approval of bishop candidates
Church chooses from candidates
Fief conferred by king
Definition
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