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Western Civ - Middle ages
8-1,2,3,4 the middle ages
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History
10th Grade
10/25/2009

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from ____ to ____ Europe was a frontier
Definition
500 to 1000
Term
what was europe from 500-1000
Definition
a frontier
Term
explain the frontier
Definition
  • undeveloped, sparsely populated; on the fringe of civilization.
  • colder climate with seasonal changes; forests; dense clay (but fertile) soil
  • mineral resources
  • seas and rivers: trade, transportation;fish;and power
Term

what did this describe:

  • undeveloped, sparsely populated; on the fringe of civilization.
  • colder climate with seasonal changes; forests; dense clay (but fertile) soil
  • mineral resources
  • seas and rivers: trade, transportation;fish;and power
Definition
the frontier
Term
why is this era called the middle ages?
Definition
after the western roman empire falls; less trade and learning (a "dark age") and fewer cities. People tended to live in small, isolated, rural villages
Term
who was Clovis the king of? what did he do having to do with religion?
Definition
franks, he converted to christianity after capturing Gaul. His wife wanted him to convert, and the people of Gaul appreciated him more because they were christian.
Term
what were customs of the germanic tribes?
Definition

unwritten laws

kings of small kingdoms

Term
with Clovis, what dynasty began?
Definition
the Merovingian dynasty
Term
who attacked in 622?
Definition

Islamic armies.

They reached northern france within 100 years

Term
who is Charles Martel
Definition
Major Domo
Term
what does major domo mean?
Definition

mayor of the palace

domo = leader

Term
whos christian army defeated the muslims at the battle of tours?
Definition
Charles Martel
Term
when did charles martels christian army defeat the muuslims at the battle of tours?
Definition
732
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when did charles' son, Pepin the short, with the support of the pope, overthrow the Merovingian ruler and became Frankish king?
Definition
751
Term
what did Pepin the Short do?
Definition
he was charles' son, and with the support of the pope, he overthrow the Merovingian ruler and became Frankish king
Term

make connections:

Charlemagne, Charles Martel, and Pepin the Short

Definition
Charles Martel father of Pepin the Short, Charlemagne inherited crown from Pepin.
Term
what does charlemagne mean?
Definition
charles the great
Term

who crowns charlemagne emperor?

new ruling family?

Definition

the pope

carolingians

Term
who was upset by the pope's appointment of charlemagne?
Definition
Byzantine emperor
Term
what was there an expansion of during Charlemanges rule?
Definition
empire and christianity
Term
who gave land for support of nobles?
Definition
charlemagne
Term
what was an efficient government?
Definition
missi dominici
Term
education?
Definition
revival of learning; the school at Aachen under Alcuin
Term
who made the school and where was it?
Definition
in Aachen, under Alcuin
Term
after Charlemagne's death?
Definition
empire split apart as his heirs fought over it.
Term
when was the treaty of verdun
Definition
843
Term
treaty of verdun
Definition

charlemagne's grandsons agree to it.

nobles took central government positions

Term
invasions
Definition

muslims

magyars (hungary)

Vikings (scandanavia)

Term
where are the magyars from?
Definition
hungary
Term
where are the vikings from?
Definition
scandanavia
Term
where did Leif Erikson settle?
Definition

North America 1000

 

looted and destroyed villages, eventually settled in such places as England and Northern Russia

Term
what is Feudalism?
Definition
a loosely organized system in which a local lord (as a vassal) owned his own land but owed military service and loyalty to a greater lord.
Term
what is another name for: a loosely organized system in which a local lord (as a vassal) owned his own land but owed military service and loyalty to a greater lord.
Definition
feudalism
Term
Vassal
Definition
a vassal might have his own vassal to whom he has granted lands
Term
other heirecy of lords?
Definition
dukes, counts, earls, barons
Term
a _____ would have his own land and he depended on nobles
Definition
a __monarch__ would have his own land and he depended on nobles
Term
what is a fief?
Definition
the land given by a lord to a vassal under a feudal contract. The fief included the contactual obligation of the serfs to work the land. these contracts often obligated the vassal to pay money/crops to lord
Term
liege lord
Definition
the lord to whom a vassal owed his primary obligation. this was important because a vassal might owe obligations to multiple lords.
Term
knight
Definition
a noble who acted as a warrior for a lord.
Term
what did knights get
Definition
  • recieved lands, rents, horse and or equipment from a lord.

 

Term

how did knights train?

how did knights compete, what was the competition called?

Definition
  • they trained as a page (age 7) and as a squire(14)
  • enterded tournaments for prizes
Term
who converted much of Western Europe in early middle ages?
Definition
missionaries
Term
what was the only unifying force in Western Europe in Middle ages?
Definition
church
Term
what was the main connectio the people
Definition
parish priest
Term
what did parish priest do?
Definition
administered sacraments (ex: marriage, confirmation, baptism, helping the sick)
Term
women equal before who?
Definition
god
Term
who set a bad precedent for women?
Definition
eve
Term
530
Definition
benedictines were the first monastic order
Term
What did the Bendicts believe
Definition

poverty

obedience

chastity

 

Term
where did monks usually stay? and what did they do there?
Definition
they usually stayed in the monasteries, and they prayed and studied.
Term
what did monks copy?
Definition
old manuscripts, which were not read until later people found them
Term

where did nuns live?

limitations?

Definition

convents

they were subject to additional limitations.

Term

what did popes claim?

who usually were they?

Definition

papal supremacy

church hierarchy - bishops, etc. were often nobles.

Term
where were there papal states?
Definition
italian peninsula
Term
canon law = _____
Definition
canon law = religious law
Term
_______ = religious law
Definition
canon law = religious law
Term
______ = enternal suffering in a hot place
Definition
no sacraments = enternal suffering in a hot place
Term
no sacraments = ____________
Definition
no sacraments = enternal suffering in a hot place
Term
what were powerful weapons?
Definition
exocommunication and interdict
Term
what was the church sometimes a force for
Definition
peace/truce
Term
power + wealth = ____
Definition
corruption
Term
what were clunaic reforms a part of?
Definition
reform movements
Term
simony
Definition

selling of church property

was not allowed

Term

what was this a result of?

  • reduced interference of nobles in monastery affairs
  • Francis Assisi and the Franciscan friars traveled and preached
  • dominicans
Definition
reform movements
Term
reform movements
Definition
  • reduced interference of nobles in monastery affairs
  • Francis Assisi and the Franciscan friars traveled and preached
  • dominicans
Term
Ashkenazim (_______) v. Sephardim (________)
Definition
Ashkenazim (eastern europe) v. Sephardim (spanish & middle ages)
Term
Why were the jews treated well in Middle ages?
Definition
they were treated well in spain because muslims treated them well and cared for the jews (them) and the christians
Term
1300s
Definition
explosion from england and france
Term
who traveled and preached in 1200
Definition
Francis Assisi and the franciscan friars
Term
parish priests
Definition
priests of local region
Term
sacraments
Definition
sacred rights of the church
Term
what did christians think would lead them to salvation(everlasting living with god)
Definition
participating in sacraments and faith in christ
Term
what else was the church other than for religion?
Definition
social
Term

what were churches made out of?

1st?

2nd?

Definition
wood, then stone
Term
tithe
Definition
tax equal to a thenth of their income
Term
who was mary?
Definition
mother of jesus
Term
women were treated more _____ than men.
Definition
women were treated more __harshly___ than men.
Term
What happened under the Benedictine rule?
Definition
moks and nuns tooks 3  vows.
Term
3 vows nuns and monks took for benedictine rule?
Definition

1.obedience to abbot or abbess

2.poverty

3.chastity

Term
were there more restrictions on nuns earlier or later?
Definition
later
Term
secular
Definition
worldly
Term
papal supremacy
Definition
authority over all secular rulers
Term
canon laws
Definition
church's own laws
Term
exocommuication
Definition
people could not recieve the sacraments or a christian burial
Term
interdict
Definition
excluding an intire town from receiving sacraments and christian burial
Term

clunaic reforms

description

Definition
revived beneditine rule, many others followed.
Term
Francis Assisi and Dominic did what?
Definition
they set up orders of friars, monks who did not live in isolated monasteries but traveled around europe's growing towns preaching to poor.
Term
who is dominic?
Definition
spanish priest set up dominican order.....
Term
dominican order
Definition
combat heresy by teaching official roman catholic beliefs.
Term
antisemitism
Definition
prejudice against jews
Term
jews became Sephardim
Definition
hebrew word for spain
Term
ashkenazim
Definition
german jews
Term
charter
Definition
written document sent out the rights and privileges of the town
Term
capital
Definition
money for investment
Term
partnership
Definition
a group of merchants pool their funds to finance a large scale venture that would be too costly for individual
Term
bill of exchange
Definition
merchant deposits money in home city, he is given bill of exchange, he goes and exchanges it for cash in a different city
Term
tenant farmers
Definition

paid rent for their land

most peasants were this

Term
guilds
Definition
merchants and artisans formed associations
Term
apprentice
Definition
trainee
Term
journeymen
Definition
salaried workers
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usury
Definition
lending money at interest
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middle class
Definition
between nobles and peasants
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