AP World History Chapter 6 Terms Flashcards

231877240	barter	the direct exchange of goods without involving money	1
231877241	Benedictine Rule	a rule that was followed by almost all Italian, English, and Frankish monks/nuns on how to pray and live a Christian life	2
231877242	Byzantine Empire	After 'Byzantium' the town Constantine renamed Constantinople, controlled eastern Mediterranean until 12th century	3
231877243	Caesaropapism (caesar and pope)	policy of political and religious power in emperor's hands	4
231877244	Canon law	law of the Church; filled the hole of political authority in early days and later on stopped it from developing	5
231877245	Carolingian family	descendants of Frankish ruler Clovis lost control to Charles Martel, of this family	6
231877246	Charlemagne	conquered most of mainland western Europe; protected against Viking attacks on Europe; crowned emperor in 800 by pope	7
231877247	Clovis	ruler of Franks from 481 to 511 CE; destroyed last vestiges of Roman power and organized campaigns against neighboring Germanic peoples; converted to Christianity	8
231877248	Crusades	attacks into the Middle East promoted by a request from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I for help in increasing number of troops to resist Turkish battles	9
231877249	feudalism	system of political organization based on loyalties among the elites: lords, vassals, and overlords	10
231877250	Franks	Germanic tribe that organized a series of kingdoms through military conquest	11
231877251	Hanseatic League	northern Germany and southern Scandinavia formed this to facilitate trade	12
231877252	Holy Roman Empire	after Charlemagne was king, Europe remained feudalist with German emperor crowned by the pope	13
231877253	Hundred Years War	14th - 15th century between England and France	14
231877254	manorialism	economic system in which peasants were tied to the land to supply labor to their lords	15
231877255	Middle Ages	time period from 500-1500 CE, after Roman Empire and before European Renaissance; also called Dark Ages	16
231877256	missi dominici	royal agents; served as 'eyes and ears' for Charlemagne to report back on any abuses of power by counts	17
231877257	Sassanid Empire	wanted to rebuild Persian Empire, threat of early Byzantine	18
231877258	serfs	lived on and were tied to self-sufficient agricultural estates (manors); received protection, administrative justice, and right to graze animals from lord, who owned land	19
231877259	Vikings	raiders from Scandinavia whose raids began in 793 and who continued for the next 2 centuries to attack Europe	20
231877260	usury	Catholic Church banned charging of interest for use of money	21