Unit 2 Chapter 6 Flashcards

95409551	Barter	exchange of goods directly	0
95409552	Benedictine Rule	rules for behavior that were written by Benedict around 540; included daily rituals of prayer, manual labor, and simple eating.	1
95409553	Byzantine Empire	after the Western Roman Empire fell..the Eastern lived for almost 1000 years.	2
95409554	Caesaropapism	policy of political and religious power concentrated in the emperor's hands; (caesar and pope)	3
95409555	Canon law	rules for behavior that first filled the void of political authority in the early days.	4
95409556	Carolingian family	powerful Frankish family (Charles Martel "Charles the Hammer")	5
95409557	Charlemagne	("Charles the Great"); grandson of Charles Martel; conqured most of mainland western Europe	6
95409558	Clovis	ruler of the Franks from 481 until 511.	7
95409559	Crusades	military expeditions to gain (regain) the Holy Land from the Muslims (from 11th to the 13th centuries)	8
95409560	Ecommunication, Interdict	seperation from the church and its sacraments; were ignored for eternity	9
95409561	Feudalism	complex system of political and military loyalties that linked lords together	10
95409562	Franks	group of Germanic people who rose to prominence under the leadership of Clovis	11
95409563	Ghettos	small urban areas	12
95409564	Guilds	associations of people who worked in the same occupation	13
95409565	Hagia Sophia	Church of Holy Wisdom	14
95409566	Hanseatic League	an organization of cities in northern germany and southern scandinavia to create a commercial alliance	15
95409567	Heresy	the crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine	16
95409568	Holy Roman Empire	established in spirit with Charlemagne's crowning in 800, but not officially until 962, when a loose confederation of German princes named one of their own emperor; cowned by pope, emplying power rested in the hands of the pope.	17
95409569	Hundred Years War	between France and England; fought over territories English had control of in France; during 14th and 15th centuries.	18
95409570	Justinian, Justinian code	most important of early Byzantine emperors; ruled from 527 to 565 C.E.	19
95409571	Limited government, parliaments	limits on the power of the ruler	20
95409572	Magna Carta	a document that nobles forced King John of England to sign that guarenteed rights to the nobility.	21
95409573	Manorialism	economic system in which peasants were tied to the land to supply labor to their lords	22
95409574	"Middle Ages" or medieval times	The time period of western European history from 500-1500 C.E	23
95409575	Missi dominici	royal agents; (the sovereign's envoys)	24
95409576	Pogroms	anti-Semitic mob actions	25
95409577	Renaissance	rebirth	26
95409578	Saladin	great Muslim general; took back Jerusalem during 12th century	27
95409579	Sassanid Empire	major politcal threat to Byzantine Empire	28
95409580	Scholasticism	attempt to reconcile the beliefs and values of Christianity with the logical reasoning of Greek philosophy.	29
95409581	Serfs	people who lived on and were tied to manors.	30
95409582	Theodora	Empress and wife of Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire. Her influence helped women gain rights.	31
95409583	Usury	the charging of interest for the use of money	32
95409584	Vernacular languages	an important development in medieval literature; beggining in 13th century	33
95409585	Vikings	raiders from Scandinavia, began in 793 and continued for next 2 centuries.	34