Ch. 13 Key Terms Flashcards

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