The Foundations of Christian Society in Western Europe
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| 256494985 | The Franks | *Focused on agriculture instead of commerce *decentralized rule *strong connection with Roman Christianity *shifted center from Italy to Northern Lands | 0 | |
| 256494986 | Clovis | *became preemident military & policital power *destroyed other Germanic peoples | 1 | |
| 256494987 | Why was Clovis so powerful? | *many Germanic peoples converted to Arian Christianity(yuck) *he converted to Roman Christianity which was trusted | 2 | |
| 256494988 | Charles Martel | *never a king, assistant to Clovis dynasty *grandson=Charlemagne | 3 | |
| 256494989 | Charlemagne | *highly centralized *expanisionist *not literate but very intelligent *relied on counts (aristocratic deputies) not rich enough for bureaucracy | 4 | |
| 256494990 | Aachen | *capitol city for Charlemagne *never was there b/c looking ober relm | 5 | |
| 256494991 | missi dominici | imperial officers used to look after local authorities | 6 | |
| 256494992 | Pope Leo III | *Charlemagne did not want to be called emperor b/c didn't want to compete w/ Byzantine *Pope Leo III randomly proclaimed him emperor during xmas service | 7 | |
| 256494993 | Louis the Pious | *only surviving son of Charlemagne, lost control *3 sons divided empire after tons of fighting | 8 | |
| 256494994 | Magyars | *invaded Carolingian empire *desendants from Asia, settled in Hungry | 9 | |
| 256494995 | Vikings | *most feared from North *causing troube for empire since Charlemagne *seafarers, different from Norse, wanted to raid | 10 | |
| 256494996 | King Alfred | *had England to Danish lands *made a navy to challenge Vikings | 11 | |
| 256494997 | King Otto I | *most popular local lord who rose to power *defeaded Magyars *lead armies to defeat Papacy in Italy | 12 | |
| 256494998 | Retainers | in exchange for grants, retainers owed respect and military service to lords | 13 | |
| 256494999 | Benefice | grant provided to retainer usually land called fief | 14 | |
| 256495000 | serf | *half slave, half peasent *cultivated land for part of harvest & protection from lords | 15 | |
| 256495001 | manorism | large estates with lords, serfs, self-sufficient communities | 16 | |
| 256495002 | heavy plows | able to turn hard soil of north, weeds, required a lot of energy | 17 | |
| 256495003 | papacy | the church and the pope | 18 | |
| 256495004 | Pope Gregory I | *provided Roman Church with a sense of direction *reasserted papal primacy-bishop was ultimate authority | 19 | |
| 256495005 | Monasticism | *communities w/ ascetic lifestyles *had own rules, procedures, priorities | 20 | |
| 256495006 | St. Benedict | created own set of rules/regulations of monasticism | 21 | |
| 256495007 | St. Benedicts Rule | standard of life in Roman households, prime virtues | 22 | |
| 256495008 | monasteries | orphanages, variety of social services, medical treatment, schools | 23 | |
| 256495009 | St. Scholastica | *sister nun to St. Benedict *provided guidence to women | 24 | |
| 256495010 | Gregory of Tours | Roman historian and Bishop of Tours | 25 |
