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| 252044838 | Middle Ages | The era in european history that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, also called medieval period. | 0 | |
| 252044839 | Franks | A germanic people who settled in the Roman province of Gual and established a great empire during the Middle Ages | 1 | |
| 252044840 | Clovis | Leader of franks that brought Christianity to the region by appealing to God in war and had himself and 3,000 of his warriors baptized | 2 | |
| 252044841 | Clothilde | Clovis's wife who believed in traditional form of Christianity and urged him to convert her faith | 3 | |
| 252044842 | Monasteries | religious communities of men (monks) who have given up their possessions to devote themselves to a life of prayer and worship. | 4 | |
| 252044843 | Benedict | Italian monk began writhing a book describing a strict yet practical set of rules for monasteries. | 5 | |
| 252044844 | Venerable Bede | English monk, wrote history of England which scholars still consider best historical work of early Middle Ages. | 6 | |
| 252044845 | Gregory 1 | Became pope and papacy became secular, felt responsibility, used church revenues, spread christianity | 7 | |
| 252044846 | Secular | Worldly power involved in politics | 8 | |
| 252044847 | Charles Martel | Mayor of palace, extended the Franks reign and defeated some muslims halting their invasion and was christian hero. | 9 | |
| 252044848 | Battle of Tours | Charles Martel defeated muslim party halting their expansion and allowing them to stay christians instead of falling under the muslim empire | 10 | |
| 252044849 | Carolingian | a dynasty of Frankish rulers lasting form 751- 987 AD | 11 | |
| 252044850 | Charlemagne | Crowned emperor by pope, spread christianity through onuses, opened palace schools and built large empire | 12 | |
| 252044851 | Vikings | A germanic people that carried out fast raids and were traders, farmers and explorers | 13 | |
| 252044852 | Rollo | Head of a biking army, granted French territory and in return swore a pledge of loyalty | 14 | |
| 252044853 | Lord | In feudal europe, a person who controlled land and could therefore estates to vassals | 15 | |
| 252044854 | Fief | Estate granted to a basal by a lord under the feudal system in medieval Europe | 16 | |
| 252044855 | Vassal | A person who received a grant of land from a lord in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and services | 17 | |
| 252044856 | Knights | Armored warriors who fought on horseback | 18 | |
| 252044857 | Serfs | Medieval peasants legally bound to live on a lord's estate | 19 | |
| 252044858 | Manor | Lord's estate in feudal Europe | 20 | |
| 252044859 | Stirrups | Allowed warrior to stand up while riding and maneuver hazier weapons. created in India | 21 | |
| 252044860 | Chivalry | Code of behavior for knights in medieval europe, stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty and devotion | 22 | |
| 252044861 | Tournaments | mock battles between groups of knights | 23 | |
| 252044862 | Song of Roland | One of the earliest and most famous medieval epic poem | 24 | |
| 252044863 | Troubadours | Medieval poets and musician who traveled form place to place, entreating people with songs of courtly love | 25 | |
| 252044864 | Eleanor of Aquitaine | Queen of England who ruled at times for her husband and sons | 26 | |
| 252044865 | Clergy | Body of officials who perform religious services- priests, rabbis, ministers | 27 | |
| 252044866 | Sacraments | Christian ceremonies in which God's grace is transmitted to people | 28 | |
| 252044867 | Canon Law | Body of laws governing religious practices of a Christian Church | 29 | |
| 252044868 | Holy Roman Empire | Empire established in Europe consisting mainly of lands now Germany and Italy | 30 | |
| 252044869 | Otto the Great | Ruler of medical Germany formed close alliance with church, crowned emperor by pope | 31 | |
| 252044870 | Lay Investiture | Appointment of religious officials by kings or nobles | 32 | |
| 252044871 | Concordat of Worms | Formal agreement especially between pope and government dealing with control of church affairs. Settled Lay investiture issue | 33 | |
| 252044872 | Frederick 1 | Chosen as emperor called land "Holy roman empire", forceful, military skills, invaded Italian cities | 34 | |
| 252044873 | Battle of Legnano | Foot soldiers of lombard league defeated knights of fredrick's army by using crossbows | 35 |
