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The Foundations of Christian Society In Western Europe Flashcards

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16762756Charlemagneruled the Western European empire; was not friendly to Islam0
16762757Battle of Tourshis grandfather, Charles Martel, had defeated a Muslim army that ventured into Frankish territory after Muslim forced had conquered most of the Iberian Peninsula1
16762758Odoacerthe Germanic general; deposed the last of the western Roman emperors, but the adminnistrative apparatus of the Roman empire did not immediately disappear2
16926641The Franksprofoundly influenced the political, social, and cultural development of western Europe; rapid rise had to do with religion3
16926642Clovisa strong military and political leader; the Franks became the preeminent military and political power under him in Western Europe4
16926643Carolingiansafter Clovis's death the Frankish kings lost much of their authority, as aristocratic warriors seized effective control of affairs in their own regions; this established Clovis's sucsessors' empire thing?; founder Charles5
16926644Battle of Tourshe turned back a Muslim army that had ventured from Spain-- recently conquered by Muslim warriors from North Africa--in order to reconnoiter lands north of the Pyrenees mountains6
16926645Charles Martel"Charles the Hammer" founder of the Carolingians; led the battle of tours; served as a deputy to the Franks; Charles's son claimed the throne for himself7
16927057CharlemagneCharles martel's grandson; Charles the Great; like King harsha; extremely intelligent though not literate; was not rich, so he had counts and missi dominici8
16927058Countsheld political, military, and legal authority in local jurisdictions; often had their own political ambitions, and they sometimes pursued policies contrary to the interest of the central government9
16927059Missi Dominici'envoys of the lord ruler" made to keep the counts in check10
16927060Louis the PiousCharlemagne's only surviving son, kept the empire together; but then he died and it was all downhill from there; his sons were like everyone else11
16927061Norse Mariners/ Norse Expansionviking invasions represented on dimension of a larger process of Norse expansion because they needed more land; norse mariners just had really good ships12
16927062Vikingwere fierce and sailed really great ships that got them far13
16927063England and their ways of defendingthey united their kingdom with he help of King Alfred14
16927064Germanyjust had a really good army; King Otto15
16964602Serfsindividuals neither fully slave nor fully free16
16964603manora large estate consisting of fields, meadows, forests, agricultural tools, domestic animals, and sometimes lakes or rivers, as well as serfs bound to the land17
16964604Low Countriesthe lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands18

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