AP World History Chapter 14 Vocabulary Flashcards

46936696	Clovis	king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy	0
46936697	Charles Martel	the Frankish commander for the battle of Tours. He defeated the Muslimsin the Battle of Tours, allowing Christianity to survive throughout the Dark Ages. He in a way started Feudalism by giving land to his knights that served for him.	1
46936698	Charlemagne	Breifly reunited Europe; Spent much of his 46 years fighting muslims; Revived latin learning throughout his kingdom and encouraged the creation of schools., Frankish king who conquered most of Europe and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in the year 800	2
46936699	Pope Leo III	Crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, 800	3
46936700	Gregory of Tours	538 to 594. Bishop of Tours in Central Gaul for 21 years. He composed a History of the Franks which was a chief source of information about the early Franks. Documented Clovis' conversion to Christianity which was a significant event to Clovis and to the Roman Church.	4
46936701	Louis the Pious	Charlemagne's only surviving son (814-840) his sons divided empire into 3 brining end to Carolingian empire	5
46936702	Alfred	England bore the brunt of the earliest Viking raids. THe small Kingdom's were merged and the leader was King Alfred who reigned from 871 to 899. He constructed fortresses and built a navy. The Danish managed the agriculture and his successors established themselves as the kings of England.	6
46936703	Otto I	from germany, starts of as king, develops relationship with pope, otto defeats other princes, creates larger kingdom. 962- made emperor by pope (called land holy roman empire) stays strong until 1100	7
46936704	Pope Gregory I	590-604 was most important figure for providing Roman church with sense of direction; "Gregory the Great"; mobilized local resources and organized defense of Rome	8
46936705	St. Benedict of Nursla	Created Benedictine rule that governed monks behaviour	9
46936706	St. Scholastica	twin sister of Benedict; devoted her life to the Church, was probably the abbess of a convent near Benedict's monastery	10