5450364029 | Pope | the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. | 0 | |
5450364030 | Medieval | In European history, the Middle Ages,lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. | 1 | |
5450364031 | Manor | The noble and all his property and estate. | 2 | |
5450364032 | Serfs | An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate. | 3 | |
5450364033 | Feudalism | The dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, | 4 | |
5450364034 | Fief | An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service. | 5 | |
5450364035 | Horse collar | part of a horse harness device used to distribute a load around a horse's neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough. | 6 | |
5450364036 | Lord | The person that grants land (fief) to another in return for faithful military service. To the king, this would be other high nobles on down. To a nobleman, this would be lower nobles, i.e. knights that would serve that nobleman in return for land. | 7 | |
5450364037 | Vassals | The person that receives land. In return they owe military service. In general this was 40 days per year in peaceful times and indefinite service during war. This service was usually accompanied by a ceremony were biblical oaths were given...swearing allegiance to the lord. | 8 | |
5450364038 | Nepotism | The practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. | 9 | |
5450364039 | Simony | The buying or selling of ecclesiastical privileges. For example, buying a bishop post for your son or buying a pardon from some sin. | 10 | |
5450364040 | Papacy | The office or authority of the pope. | 11 | |
5450364041 | Mass | Is the complex of prayers and ceremonies that make up the service of the Eucharist in many Christian faiths | 12 | |
5450364042 | The Trinity | God is a trinity of persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. | 13 | |
5450364043 | Heresy | One whose speech or actions go against the teachings of church doctrine. | 14 | |
5450364044 | Schism | A formal division within, or separation from, a church or religious body over some doctrinal difference. | 15 | |
5450364045 | Canon Law | Laws of the church | 16 | |
5450364046 | Investiture Controversy | This was a conflict between the monarchs of the Holy Roman Empire, Italy, France and Britain with the papacy. King's had been appointing the Bishop's within their realms. These Bishop's not only swore fealty to the Pope in Rome and but also promised "homage" to the Monarch's that had given them the appointment to begin with. | 17 | |
5450364047 | Monasticism | (i.e.monkhood) This is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. | 18 | |
5450364048 | Rule of Benedict | A book of precepts for monks and what they should and should not do. | 19 | |
5450364049 | Monasteries | A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows. | 20 | |
5450364050 | Caesaropapism | political system in which the head of the state is also the head of the church and supreme judge in religious matters. T | 21 | |
5450364051 | Cyrillic | writing system developed in the 9th-10th century ce for Slavic-speaking peoples of the Eastern Orthodox faith | 22 | |
5450364052 | Carolingian Empire | family of Frankish aristocrats and the dynasty that they established to rule western Europe. | 23 | |
5450364053 | Holy Roman Empire | the varying complex of lands in western and central Europe ruled over first by Frankish and then by German kings for 10 centuries, from Charlemagne's coronation in 800 until the renunciation of the imperial title in 1806. | 24 | |
5450364054 | Byzantine Empire | the successor of the Roman Empire in the Greek-speaking, eastern part of the Mediterranean. Trade was important | 25 | |
5450364055 | Kievan Russia | the first organised state on present-day Russian territory. | 26 | |
5450364056 | Franks | Members of a Germanic-speaking people who invaded the western Roman Empire in the 5th century. | 27 | |
5450364057 | Charlemagne (Charles the Great) | was king of the Franks and Christian emperor of the West. He did much to define the shape and character of medieval Europe. The immense territories which Charlemagne controlled became known as the Carolingian empire | 28 | |
5450364058 | Henry II of England | As king, he greatly expanded his Anglo-French domains and strengthened the royal administration in England. His quarrels with Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, and with members of his family (sons) ultimately brought about his defeat. | 29 | |
5450364059 | Visogoths | One of the most important of the Germanic peoples, separated from the Ostrogoths in the 4th century ad, raided Roman territories repeatedly. | 30 | |
5450364060 | The Vikings | were a seafaring people from the late eighth to early 11th century who established a name for themselves as traders, explorers and warriors. | 31 | |
5450364061 | Three Field System | ... | ![]() | 32 |
5450364062 | Saxons & Angles | term used historically to describe any member of the Germanic peoples | 33 | |
5450364063 | William the Conqueror | Duke of Normandy from 1035 and king of England from 1066, one of the greatest soldiers and rulers of the Middle Ages. He made himself the mightiest noble in France and then changed the course of England's history by his conquest of that country. | 34 | |
5450364064 | Vladimir I | grand prince of Kiev(Kyiv) and first Christian ruler in Kievan Rus, | 35 | |
5450364065 | Benedict of Nursia | Benedict of Nursia: | 36 | |
5450364066 | Charles Martel | (Frankish) Ruler whom fought in Battle of Tours | 37 | |
5450364067 | Battle of Tours | battle between Muslims and Christians; not very important to Islam but it was to Christians | 38 | |
5450364068 | The Crusades | Wars to gain control of holy lands of Jerusalem, there were 3 conquest and the final one was a success | 39 | |
5450364069 | Bayeaux Tapestry | embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long and 50 centimetres wide, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy. | 40 | |
5450364070 | Hagia Sophia | ... | ![]() | 41 |
5450364071 | Secular | More concerned about present and life now rather than a afterlife | 42 | |
5450364072 | Consequences of Rome's Fall | Loss of common language And trade | 43 | |
5450364073 | Thomas Becket | Indirectly Killed by King Henry 11 Knights for siding with the pope and caused enrage with kings sons. | 44 | |
5450364074 | Saladin | Visogoth leader during crusades | 45 | |
5450364075 | Third Crusade | Crusade of Three kings ( ended in tie) (Richard the Lionheart made it to holy land) (king phillip of france, and Barbarossa of Roman Empire) | 46 | |
5450364076 | 3 kings who were part of 3rd crusade | ( Henry the lionhearted) | 47 |
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