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Early Middle Ages Flashcards

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Chivalry

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Important characteristic of Knights

Devotion to feudal lord, God, and chosen lady

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Secular

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Not religious

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Feudalism

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System where landowner loans land to someone in exchange for protection

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Serf

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Peasant/worker on a manor

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Lord

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Landowner/person who owns the manor

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Manor

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Self-sufficient property

Serfs work for food and shelter

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Fief

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Land that a lord gives someone

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Tithe

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Church tax that serfs paid

10% of income

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Benedict

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Italian monk who wrote a book containing strict yet practical rules about monasteries

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Monk

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Christian man that lives and practices in a monastery

Devoted life to religion

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Battle of Tours

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Charles Martel expanded reign to north south and east
Defeated Muslim raiders
If lost battle Europe would have become part of the Muslim empire

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Magyars

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Group of nomadic people from Hungary that attacked Europe after the Vikings and captured people to sell into slavery

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Sacraments

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Important religious ceremonies that help get closer to salvation
Ex.) baptism

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Holy Roman Empire

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Created by Otto I

Close ties w the church

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Frederick Barbarossa

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First ruler to call it the Holy Roman Empire
Dominated German princes
Kept invading rich Italian cities => Italian merchants United against him

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Germanic tribes

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Invaded Western Europe

Established Germanic kingdoms

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Carolingians

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Dynasty that ruled the Franks from 751 to 987

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Vikings

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Worshipped warlike gods, from Scandinavia, Germanic
Fought fast and hard and travelled on sea on giant ships
Traders, farmers, explorers
Stopped invading bc adopted Christianity and had an easier time farming

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Knight

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Protected people from invaders

Followed code of chivalry

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Tournament

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Knights fought in these local wars/battles for experience

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Canon law

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Spiritual beliefs/rituals and a system of justice to guide actions

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Clergy

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Religious official

Pope, bishops, priests

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Franks

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Ruled by Clovis

Germanic people that conquered Europe

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Papacy

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Pope ??

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Pepin

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Son of Charles Martel

Fought Lombards on behalf of church which lead to the Carolingian dynasty

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Epic poem

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Adventures of heroes

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Excommunication

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Punishment for not following canon law

The taking away of a person’s rights/membership in the church

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Otto I

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Created Holy Roman Empire

Followed Charlemagne’s policies (allied w church)

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Clovis monastery

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Major domo

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Ruled the kingdom
Held more power than King
Charles Martel

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Charlemagne

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Grandson of Pepin 
Almost doubled the kingdom
Spread Christianity 
Reunited Western Europe
Pope crowned him emperor => joining of Germanic power, church, and heritage of the Roman Empire
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Troubadour

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Traveling poets/musicians that sang about love

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Interdict

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Punishment for violating canon law

Certain sacraments couldn’t be performed in a kings land if he disobeyed

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Lay investiture

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Power of naming church officials held by nobles

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Charles Martel

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Saved kingdom/empire from becoming part of the Muslim empire and grew it

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Treaty of verdun

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Treaty dividing empire into 3 pieces (Charlemagne’s sons each got one)
Led to downfall of the empire bc no strong central authority => feudalism

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Concordat of Worms

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Only the church could appoint bishops but the emperor could veto

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