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| 265480846 | Charlemagne | King of the Franks; emperor Through a series of military conquests he established the Carolingian Empire, which encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. Illiterate, though started an intellectual revival. Grandson of Charles Martel. | 0 | |
| 265480847 | Middle Ages | The historical period from around 500 A.D. up to around 1450 A.D. between the fall of Rome and the birth of the Renaissance; The medieval period. | 1 | |
| 265480848 | Clovis | king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy. | 2 | |
| 265480849 | Arian Christianity | Popular in much of the Roman Empire; Religion most of the Germanic peoples converted to. | 3 | |
| 265480850 | The Carolingians | Charles Martel's dynasty after the death of Clovis. | 4 | |
| 265480851 | Charles Martel | the Frankish commander for the battle of Tours. He defeated the Muslimsin the Battle of Tours, allowing Christianity to survive throughout the Dark Ages. He in a way started Feudalism by giving land to his knights that served for him. | 5 | |
| 265480852 | The Franks | A group of Germanic tribes. They became allies of the Romans and became Christian. In the 8th century they established the Carolingian rule. | 6 | |
| 265480853 | Louis the Pious | Charlemagne's only surviving son (814-840), succeeded his father and kept the Carolingian empire together. | 7 | |
| 265480854 | Viking | a savage Scandinavian invader (Norseman) who believed in pagan gods and traveled the seas in sturdy boats to explore. | 8 | |
| 265480855 | Feudalism | A political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection and land in return for service | 9 | |
| 265480856 | Serf | (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord. | 10 | |
| 265480857 | St. Scholastica | St. Benedicts sister, a nun, who influenced an adaptation of the "Rule" providing guidance for the religious life of women living in convents. | 11 | |
| 265480858 | Benedictine Rule | rules drawn up in 530 by Benedict, a monk, regulation monastic life. The rule emphasizes obedience, poverty and chastity and divides the day into periods of worship, work and study | 12 | |
| 265480859 | St. Benedict of Nursia | strengthened the early monastic movement by providing discipline and purpose. In 529 he prepared a set of regulations known as Benedict's Rule. | 13 | |
| 265480860 | Monasticism | a way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith | 14 |
