Chapter 4 Lesson 1 Flashcards
The Frank’s
The Franks are historically first known as a group of Germanic tribes that inhabited the land between the Lower and Middle Rhine in the 3rd century AD, and second as the people of Gaul who merged with …
Pope
the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic
Monk
a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Missionary
a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.
Nun
a member of a religious community of women, especially a cloistered one, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Monastery
a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.
Convent
a Christian community under monastic vows, especially one of nuns.
Clovis
a Paleo-Indian culture of Central and North America, dated to about 11,500–11,000 years ago and earlier. The culture is distinguished by heavy, leaf-shaped stone spearheads.
Charlemagne
The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; his name means “Charles the Great.” Charlemagne was king of France in the late eighth and early ninth centuries and was crowned emperor in 800.
Carolingian dynasty
The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD.
Middle Ages
e period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from circa 1100 to 1453.
Vikings
any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of northwestern Europe in the 8th–11th centuries.
Mongols
a native or inhabitant of Mongolia; a Mongolian
Genghis khan
While “Khan” is a traditional title meaning “leader” or “ruler,” historians are still unsure of the origins of “Genghis.” It may have may have meant “ocean” or “just,” but in context it is usually translated as “supreme ruler” or “universal ruler.”
Khanate
Khanate or Khaganate is a political entity ruled by a Khan or Khagan. In modern Turkish, the word used is kağanlık or hanlık. In Mongolian the word khanlig is used, as in “Khereidiin khanlig” meaning the Khanate of the Keraites.
