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HIST 103 Final Purdue
Final review flashcards of ID's for the HIST 103 Final at Purdue
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Undergraduate 1
05/03/2010

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NORMANS
Definition

  • Located in northern region of France
  • came to in the early 10th Century
  • Conquered Southern Italy
  • Led several crusades

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CHRISTINE DE PIZAN
Definition

 

  • A 14th Century venetian poet
  • wrote about challenges of rights between men and women
  • often referred to as the first female feminist

 

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KABBALAH
Definition

  • a subculture within Judaism
  • said to be a set of reading and/or scriptures found to be outside Judaism
  • uses ssame beliefs as Judaism
  • Used between 8th and 10th century, began as esoteric circles of kabbalistic dissemination by the French

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SAINT GUINEFORT
Definition

  • A 13th Century French dog 
  • Dog was discovered after his master returned from a hunting trip.  Left his son in the care of Guinefort and upon returning, discovered the room a mess and the dog with a bloody muzzle.  Master slayed him upon this and later discovered his child unharmed next to a dead viper
  • Master created a shrine for Guinefort and he was referred to as a Saint for the protection of infants

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FOURTH LATERAL COUNCIL
Definition

·         Formed in the year 1215 by Innocent the 3rd

·         Believed in the seven sacraments of and in order baptism, confirmation, matrimony, holy orders, extreme junction, penance and Eucharist

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CATHARS/ALBIGENSIANS
Definition

·         Religious sect formed in 11th century France

·         Protest against ecclesiastical wealth and power

·         Dualist though descended from Zoroastrianism

  • Expanded quickly and frightened/threatened the Church

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ELEANOR OF AQUITANE
Definition

  • Queen of Aquitane during the 12th Century

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BLACK DEATH
Definition

·         A deadly pandemic caused by the outbreak of plague by ticks and rats

·         Occurred in the 14th century in Europe

·         Claimed the lives of 10% of European population

·         Originates in China but spreads through Mediterranean trade routes

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EDWARD I "LONGSHANKS"
Definition

·         English King who ruled from 1272-1307

·         Invaded Scotland and Wales, a legislative king who governed by statute

·         Believed parliament was to assist king, not supplant his reign

·         Chancery, exchequer, council, household

·         Conquered Wales, but was unable to conquer Scotland

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SICHELGAITA
Definition

·         Lombard princess who lived in the 11th century

·         Married Robert Guiscard in 1058

·         Often accompanied and fought next to him in his conquests

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URBAN II
Definition

·         French Pope from the 11th century

·         Helped start the First Crusade in belief it would help papacy be at head of popular movement and be a moral leader of Europe

Term
ENRICO DANDALO
Definition

·         Doge of Venice in the 12th century

·         Venetian born

·         Known for his involvement in the fourth crusade in which he helped take Constantinople

Term
DRANG NACH OSTEN
Definition

·         10th Century German settler expansion across the Elbe and down the Danube

·         Christianization, Germanization, and Europeanization of Slavic lands

  • Catholic and Orthodoxy Christianities in competition

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SALAH AL-DIN YUSUF
Definition

·         12th century sultan of Egypt

·         Led the battle in the Horn of Hattin, resulting in the Islamic conquest of Jerusalem

  • Lead to the third crusade

Term
UNAM SANCTUM
Definition

 

·         Statement of spiritual supremacy by Pope Boniface VIII in the 14th century

 

  • Stated that in order to be accepted by the church, you must pledge to Pope Boniface

 

 

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CANON LAW
Definition

·         Set of Catholic laws established in the 11th century

·         Represented power, authority, income and respect

·         Sought to clarify, restore order, and remove contradictions from lawyers in University

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SAINT ROCH
Definition

·         14th century French, Christian saint

·         He was exiled from his home due to illness and was forced to live in the woods

·         A dog came and licked at his plague wounds and they eventually healed

Term
PHILLIP II "AUGUSTUS"
Definition

·         French king who ruled during the 12th century

·         Destroyed English Angevin Empire

·         Used bailiffs, salaried royal officials to help local governments

·         Made Paris the capital and most important city in France

·         Waged albigensian crusade in the 13th century

Term
HUGH CAPET
Definition

·         Elected king of France in the 10th century after folding of Carolingian dynasty

Term
DOMINICANS
Definition

·         Formally established in 1216 from the beliefs of St Dominic

·         Gained papal authority to preach among Cathars

·         Fourth Lateral council was developed in 1215 to help establish formality

·         Strict individual poverty

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MARCO POLO
Definition

·         A 13th century  Italian merchant

·         Journeyed to Asia and became an ambassador to the Pope for Kublai Khan

·         Wrote Il Milione which introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China

Term
COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION
Definition

·         Trading became a more advanced way of income in the 10th century

·         trade became popular along great European rivers

·         late 10th century, European commerce surges

Term
STUDIUM GENERALE
Definition

·         Group name for the most prestigious universities in the Holy Roman Empire

·         Reserved for men and clerics only at the beginning

·         Later became available to the wealthy as well

·         13th century

Term
FLAGELLANTS
Definition

·         13th century religious movement of radical Catholics

·         People who practiced would whip their flesh with various instruments

There was a great rise in the number of flagellants during the plague

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GREAT FAMINE
Definition

·         Occurred in the early 14th century, a mini ice age

·         Rains of 1314 caused poor harvest in 1315-1322 which lead to famine

  • 10% of European population died

Term
MOSES MAIMONIDES
Definition

·         12th century rabbi born in Spain

·         Wrote the Guide for the Perplexed, which argued there was no conflict between faith and reason in Judaism

Term
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Definition

·         Military order during the 12th century

·         Lowest in the military order, made up of the poor

  • Fought in the crusades

Term
INTERDICT
Definition

·         Formally a penalty, but used as a way to influence rulers

·         Forced all churches to close and were not able to hold holy sacrements

  • Used by Innocent III in the early 13th century to place England under  an interdict

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AVIGNON
Definition

·         Avignon became papacy from 1309-1378

·         Southern France

·         Clement V moves papacy to Avignon

·         Gregory IX moves it back to Rome

·         Clement VII elected and moved papacy back to Avignon

Term
JAN HUS
Definition

·         14th century Czech priest

  • Helped develop Czech nationalism

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MARTIN LUTHER
Definition

·         A German priest born in 1483

·         Challenged the Catholic church and Pope with his views of the bible

  • Translated the bible into English to make it more accessible

Term
CHRISIOPHER COLUMBUS
Definition

Sailed across the Atlantic four times and eventually led to the discovery of Americas

·         An Italian explorer born in 1451

 

Term
GREGORIAN REFORM
Definition

  • Gregorian reformed papacy and Urban II 

Term
RECONQUISTA
Definition

·         Period in which Christian kingdoms succeeded in retaking the Iberian peninsula from Muslims

  • Began in the 8th century

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WILLIAM OF RUBRUCK
Definition

·         A Flemish Franciscan missionary who loved during the 13th century

·         Accompanied King Louis XI on the seventh crusade

·         Went to Constantinople to convert Tarters

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