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Middle Ages Part 1
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11th Grade
12/03/2008

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Germanic Justice System
Definition
-Relied on own/family strength
-Crime isn't an act against the community
-All consequences were monetary
-Violence is a natural state
Term
Issues with Germanic Society
Definition
-Couldn't replicate Roman culture because:
-no sense of state
-justice: go beat up person who wronged you
Term
Kings
Definition
-A person that provided leadership during war
-Not very special w/o stressors
-Has to keep a gang around him to demonstrate power
-Couldn't delegate or keep power
Term
What are the two divisions of Christianity during the early Middle Ages?
Definition
-Catholic: 1+1+1=1
-Arian:God is greater than Son and Spirit
Term
What is the function of a monastery?
Definition
For the spiritual and physical preservation of religion-like a castle
Term
St. Benedict
Definition
1) Helps build & establish monasteries: Monte Cassino
2)Created an organizational structure
3)Added work as a way of connecting with God: Pray, Study, and Work
Term
Pope Gregory the Great
Definition
Sends monks to convert Anglo-Saxons in England-Bishipric at Canterbury
Term
People on the Islands vs. Converts
Definition
Islands: retain Roman influence, Olympic: u-shaped crown
Converts: Hair like crown
Term
Clovis
Definition
-Defeats last Roman official in Frankish lands
-Battle of Alamanni takes religious symbols, won, gets baptized
-Uses religion as an excuse
Term
Justinian's Reforms
Definition
-tries to reunite the Empire
-worked to reform the administration
-dealt with outside invaders
-wanted to restore the grandeur: lots of building of churches: Hagga Sofia
Term
Monophysites
Definition
-Jesus is fully divine
-Break away from dominant group in Constantinople
Term
Corpus Juris
Definition
series of books in Eastern World
1) Digest
2) Code
3) Institutes
4) Novels
Term
Why was the name changed to the Byzantine Empire?
Definition
-Not very Roman anymore
Term
Problems w/ Byzantine empire
Definition
1) inefficient leadership
2) slavs and persians push borders
3) roman part diminishes
latin no longer official lan.
church centered around Constant
distrusting of new and strange things
Term
What are two special things about the Trade in the Arab Empire?
Definition
-camels
-frankincense and myrrh
Term
Commonalities b/w the people of the Early Arab Empire
Definition
-Very polytheistic
-halt of war for pilgrimmage to Mecca
-Becomes Ramadan and Hajj-A time for trade and reproduction
Term
What was the advantage of seizures to Mohammed?
Definition
God is communicating with him
Term
What did the society in Medina value that made Mohammed a good leader?
Definition
-Military commanders
-Philosophers
Term
What did Mohammed do after he captured Mecca?
Definition
went into the Kabbah and destroyed all the religious symbols except for the Black Stone (Abraham)
Term
Caliph Abu-Bekr
Definition
-1st leader after Mohammed
-unified core and suppresed revolts
Term
Caliph Omar
Definition
-starts Islamic Empire
-expanded quickly and easily: weak neighbors
Term
What happened after Caliph Omar died?
Definition
-Leadership crisis
-Capital is moved to Damascus
-Loosely organized theocracy becomes a centralized state
Term
What are the characteristics of each of the three empires in the early middle ages?
Definition
1) Islamic World: Wealthy, dominate Med.
2)Byzantine World: small but economically viable, internally focused
3) Western Europe: poorly governed and poverty stricken
Term
Characteristics of Growth for Western Europe
Definition
1) Huge abundance of agricultural land
2) Available Resources
3) Trade along coastline
4) New trade routes
5) Church has preserved education, social structure, key pol. group
6) Emergence of new family-Carolingians
Term
What were the negatives of the pope/king relationship?
Definition
1)Pope can "unmake" a king
2) Pope's power is dependent upon making kings
3) Pope is "turning back" on Eastern Christians
Term
What is an icon?
Definition
An image in a fake 3-D, artists unable to do anything in 3-D: idolatry
Term
What occurred under Pope Steven II?
Definition
1) Pippin gives Pope land-pope can create army, protect self
2) Pope give Pippin the title Patriarchus Romanorum
3) Pippin works w/ St. Boniface to establish small churches in rural areas
Term
Who originated the Pope/King power structure?
Definition
Pippin the Short and Pope Zacharias
Term
What is the origination of a tithe?
Definition
Required tax that goes to the church that paid for the countryside churches
Term
What were the accomplishments of Charlemagne?
Definition
1) Successful in military: Saxons, Muslims
2) Taught self to read
3) Imported scholars to preserve ancient knowledge
Term
What was the monastery Tours famous for?
Definition
calligraphy
Term
What was introduced when Charlemagne asked to preserve the knowledge?
Definition
-Translated into Latin
-Lowercase letters
Term
What did the Pope do to thank Charlemagne for pushing back the Lombards and in what year?
Definition
Crowned him Augustus 12/25/800
Term
What were the counts responsible for?
Definition
1) Building necessary fortifications
2) Bringing free men to war
3) Overseeing local courts
4) Collecting tolls and taxes
Term
What did the Treaty of Verdun do?
Definition
Charles the Bald: West
Lothair: Center
Louis the German: East
Term
Scandinavians
Definition
-Boats: Rivers and Oceans
-Settled in Normandy
-Use Russian River System: Dmepier River
-Stimulate development of Russia
Term
Magyars
Definition
seperate Slavs on the Danube
Term
Who took control of all of England?
Definition
Alfred the Great: originally controlled Wessex
Term
Who replaced the Carolingian family?
Definition
the Capetians: Hugh Capet
Term
St. Benedict
Definition
480-543
Term
Muslims in Spain
Definition
711
Term
Justinian's Reign
Definition
527-565
Term
Beginning of Islamic Calendar
Definition
622
Term
Charlemagne crowned Augustus
Definition
800
Term
Treaty of Verdun
Definition
843
Term
Battle at Almany
Definition
496
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