Middle Ages Flashcards
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What did the Middle Ages start with?
ThE fall of the Roman Empire
Middle Ages was the period between the ______ and the ——– world
Ancient and modern
What caused the name of the period called the dark ages
Be cause Western Europe was so illiterate and backward
The ——- created a new civilization that combines elements of the ——-, ———, and the ——- cultures with Christian beliefs
Greeks, Romans and Germanic
Who are the Frank’s
The strongest if the Germanic tribes
Modern France
Who was Clovis?
The first barbarian king to accept Christianity.
Who were mayors of the palace and who did they replace
Government officials, they replaced the Kings.
Who was Charles Martel
What was he known as?
Who did he defeat at the battle of ——
What was the effect that this had
The first mayor of the palace.
He was known as the savior of Christianity
He defeated the Muslims at the battle of tours
This stopped the Spanish Muslims invasion of Europe and insured that Christianity would remain the dominant religion of Europe
T or false
The Catholic Church supported Charles
T
What did Charles do in exchange for the Catholics church’s support
What was it called?
Where was it?
What is it today?
He gave them a large chunk of land in ITALY known as the Papal States today called the Vatican.
Who is Charlemagne? What did he become? What is he known for? Who did he defeat and what did he create? What did the pope do for him? How many countries did he devide into. Who helps rule his empire?
Charles the great
Becomes the new Frankish King
Being the father of Europe/western civilization *very influential
He defeated the barbarian German pagans and creates the Frankish empire
HE CREATES A NEW CHRISTIAN ROMAN EMPIRE
rewarded by pope by being crowned the first **holy Roman emporer
He decided the empire into 350 countries
The counts help him rule his empire
What are the missi dominici
They are Royal messengers sent out to keep an eye in the counts of the emporer.
Who was Charlemagnes son?
Was he good at his job?
What happened at his death?
What is the cause for his mistake?
Luis the pius
He was not a strong leader
At his death three grandsons of Charlemagne split the empire into three parts.
Charlemagnes unified empire collapses and leaves room for invasion and chaos.
Name the groups that brought an end to the Christian Roman Empire
Muslims
Vikings
Magyars
Who were the Vikings? What kingdoms were they from How did they travel? Where did they attack? What kind of people were they? Why were they the most feared group in europe?
The Vikings were Norsemen
They were from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden
They traveled in long boats
They raided the coastal towns of Western Europe
They were a trading people
They were feared because no place was safe from them
Norse mythology
Religion - polytheistic
Who is Odin
Chief of the gods
Who is Thor
God of Thunder and battle
Who is Loki
The trickster God of mischiefs
What was the effect of the raids of the Vikings
They greatly weakened monarchs and kings and isolated the European communities. Ultimately is caused feudalism.
What is feudalism
A system of government that stressed mutual alliances between monarchs and nobles
Based on the giving of land to the nobles in exchange for military aid and protection.
Lord =
Vassal =
Serfs=
A noble who gave the land
A noble that received the land and serves the lord
The people who worked the land
Social society
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King/clergy
Nobles/Lords
Knights/Vassals
Peasants/Serfs
What is an homage
A ceremony in which the vassal pledged his loyalty to the lord. (Land for protection)
