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126665114European's foundation for a more dynamic society1. regional society --〉 political order 2. new technologies & tools --〉 ↑agricultural production & economic growth; ↑long distance trade, enriched cities, & supported establishment of new towns 3. missionary efforts of the western Christian church --〉 cultural & religious unity0
126665115Otto Iestablished himself as king in northern Germany in the mid-10th century.1
126665116962 CEPope John XII proclaimed Otto I as emperor for his aid to the Church2
126665117Investiture Contesta dispute between the emperor and the pope over the appointment of church officials in the late 11th and early 12th century.3
126665118Frederick Barbossa"the red beard"; integrated Lombardy with his German holdings4
126665119Hugh Capeta minor noble elected by lords of France to serve as king after the last of Carolingians dies in 987 C.E.5
126665120Duke William of Normandyinvaded England in 1066, and introduced Norman principles of govt and land tenure to England6
126665121Papal Statecentral Italy ruled by the pope7
126665122Christian and Muslim States in IberiaChristian Kingdoms: Castile, Aragon, & Portugal Muslim: Kingdom of Granada8
126701639The Hanseatic Leagueassociation of trading cities9
126701640The Three Estatesthose who pray: clergy those who fight: knights and nobles those who work: peasants10
126701641Troubadoursa class of traveling poets, minstrels, and entertainers whom aristocratic women enthusiastically patronized11
126701642Eleanor of Aquitanemost celebrated woman --〉 encourage the cultivation of good manners, refinement, and romantic love.12
126701643guildsan association of people that work on the same trade and pursuits; regulated the production and sale of goods within their jurisdictions; provided focus for friendship and mutual support in addition to work.13
126701644Scholasticism: St. Thomas Aquinassought to synthesize the beliefs and values of Christianity with the logical rigor of Greek philosophy; logic + religious belief14
126854282Waldensianspeople who led heretical movements against the church. They appealed to the biblical ideal of simplicity and separation from the world.15
126854283The Cathars(Albigensians) adopted the teachings of heretical groups. super against the Roman Catholic Church.16
126854284Pope Innocent IIIsent military to destroy the Cathars17
126854285Eric the Redthe founder of Greenland18
126854286Leif Ericsonson of Eric the Red who discovered the newfoundland in Canada (called Vinland) where fish and timber were abundant.19
126997389ReconquistaThe effort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain, lasting from the 1100s until 1492.20
126997390Crusades"holy war"; huge expeditions that Roman Catholic Christians mounted in an effort to recapture Palestines, the land of Christian origins, and the holy city of Jerusalem from Muslim authorities.21
126997391Pope Urban IIlaunched the Crusades in 1095; Peter the Hermit recruited untrained participants and it turned out to be a disaster.22
126997392The First Crusade1097&1098- captured Edessa, Antioch, and other strategic cities. 1099- captured Jerusalem ---〉 Egyptians + Turks + Muslims worked together 1187- Salah al-Din recaptured Jerusalem23

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