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Who was Petraarch?

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He was the a philosopher and the father of humanism. Amidst the errors there shone
forth men of genius; no less keen
were their eyes, although they
were surrounded by darkness and
dense gloom” Aka created term dark ages.

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Who was Charlemainge?

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Charlemainge was a the first carolingian king that was the first Holy Roman Emperor crown in 800 CE.

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What was the Aachen?

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It was the Palace that was built by Charlemaign, massive with gold and religious intent.

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What was the Ummayad Caliphate?

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The Ummayad Caliphae was the first and Largest Caliphaes that expanded after Mohommed in the 7th century.

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What was the treaty of Verdun?

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The Treaty of Verdun split the territories fro the children of Cahalomaing =e into sevral Kingdoms. East Frankia, West Frankia, Lotheringia and Italy.

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What happened to Europe after the fall of the roman empire.

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Europe saw a mass wave of decentralization that occurded after rome. Many Duchies and kigndoms appeared. Euope was no longer under one empire.

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What is a Fehu?

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Movable goods of value.

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What is a fief?

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A fief is a a grant of land to a lord.

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What is feudalism?

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Feudalism, a term invernted by historians tries to descirbe the economic system in place in medieval europe. Very hierchal.

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What occured during the Macedonian Reniassance?

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In Byzatium, there was a cultural, intellectual and artistic revival.
- Greek was the primary language.
-Also the main trade goods of Byzatium was Silk Jewerly, textiles and gold.

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What was the makeup of the Western Roman Church?

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-Rome
-Pope
-HRE
-Latin

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What was the Makeup of the Eastern Roman Empire?

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-Caesarpapism
-Patirach
-Orhtodo aka right thinking
- Greek

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What was the Great Schism (1054)?

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The Great Schism (1054) was a separation between the Roman and orthodox church. Due to disagreements between the two practices. Also it was Pope Leo IX and Henry III.

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What was the Byzatine court like?

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It was complex and maze like.

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Who was Basil II

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He was an the Byzatine Emporer from late 10th to early 11th centuries. He conquered the zenith of the Byzatyne empire before its decline.

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What was the varngian guard?

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A loyal royal gurad for the empire.

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What was the Abbisid Caliphate?

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That was the largerest and second calipate in the Islamic regions. Masiive in size. Also where there was a lot of Islanmic innovation and culture.

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What and where was the golden age of Islamc culture?

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It was centred in Bagdahd in the 9h and 10th centuries, saw mathematics philosophy etc.
-Lubna of Cordoba + 10th cent math
-Al Kawrizimi - Algrebra
-Ibn Sina Natural philophy.

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What was the frangmentation in the islanmic world?

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There were always new empires, and the disagreement between the Shia and sunni’s.

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Who were the Magyars?

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Nomands from the moutains that were then defeated by Otto I.

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Who was Otto I?

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A Saxon king crown as a HRE, also known as Otto the great for saving christianity.

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Who were the vikings?

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The vikings were norse people who came fro mthe North and expanded into europe during the 10th and 11th centuries. Cnut for example.

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Who were the Normans?

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The Nomans orginated from scandinavia and settler in Normandy france. They are called the Northmen. Early 10th cent.

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What was Keivian Rus?

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It as Norse and Slavic kingdom led by Vladimir I who converted to Orthodoxy. Converted by St. Cyril (Primary souce for the slavs).

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What was the Prolougue to the gospels?
It was the primary souce that we read that showed the letter addressed to the slavs attemption to create the bilible in an accessible langue to convert them.
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What were the Viking Runestones?
There were create by rich peopel to shwo their accomplishments.
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Who were the bellatores?
Those who fight
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Who were the oratores?
Those who pray.
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Who were the laboratores?
Those who work.
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Who worked in the manorlaism economic structure?
Serfs, slaves and freedmen who would work under a lord.
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What was a demesne?
A manor or church that was in the centre with the town around it. Manoral system.
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What was tenements?
People in the domain.
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Who were those who fight?
Those who fight were vassels of the lord. Fighting class like knighs lords and vassals. Fealty done from oath of obligation.
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What was a motte and baliey castle?
Brough by the Normans where the Castle was at the top of a hill and the town was below it. Also with a motte. Also anglo saxon burghs.
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What was canon law?
canon law was the law set by the church.
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What was require of a valid marraige?
Consanigunity (not too related) consent - age 12 Christian vows -Consumation If any were not met it could be annuled.
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What was the Heirchy of the Church?
Pope Cardinals Archbishops Bishops Priests
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What did those who pray do?
They were clergy men who would vow chastity and poverty for god. -Education and litercy. -Dicese and priest and bihops.
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What was a Tithe?
A tenth aka church tax.
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Where did these people pray?
Monastereis, abbeys and convents. Nuns and monks abotts and aboeses. Benedictine, franciscan etc.
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What was the role of monsteries and abbeys?
They would be education, agricultural and economic cnetres for the church.
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What was the cluny abbey?
It was an abbey that was given to the chuch by the lords there. Duke Iwlliam of Aquitaine.
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What was the investature conflict?
The investature (1076-1122) was a conflit that started betwenen gregory VII and Henry IV, casue the gregorrian reforem aka less marriage.
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What happened with Agriculutral intensification in the 11 century?
There was a great agriculutral shift that occured. Technological improvement (moldeboard plow). -Three field system. -More food = more pop.
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What investment happened with ageicultre?
More poeple meant more food was need, so the forsets were culte for more fields and agriculture.
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What was the commercial revolution?
tHE COMMERICAL REVOLUTIION (1050-1150) saw a big change in the markets, with more moeny and more food.
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What happened with Urbaization?
Towns become more densely populated and saw more people flocking to them. Larger markets. Smelly.
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What came from the commercial revolution?
The proto-captialism came and saw an invention of guilds and push to stronger currency.
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What happened to Jewih merchants i ncities?
Discrimiated agaisnt also well educated.
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What happened with education in Commecial revoltion?
It stared to expand to the regular peopel rather than just the chruch, become assceeisble to regular people.
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What happened with edcaution wit hrevolution?
Ot expanded to people, for exampel the univiersity of Bologna.
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What happened with banking and credit?
It become a thing and credit was important for merchants. Also more entrpentures e.g. silver mining.
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Who were the literati?
Those who were educated.
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What happened to Jews elpers and sodmites in medival society?
There were lokked down upon.
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What was the Reconqusta?
It took place 722-1492, but especially in the 11th centuy with King Alponso of Leon who lead the reconquist of large portions of land from Islam. Lasted until 1492.
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What was the Conquesto Toledo?
That was the conquest that openeed up the reconquet by Alphonso VI of Leon.
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What was repentence?
To repenent from ones sin. Reconcilliation = Sacrement. Confession = contrition + pentenanece = reconcillation.
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What was Gregorian Reform?
Hidlebrand of Gregoery VII (1073-1085) statred conflict with HRE over how bishops were appointed. Lead to investature conflict then Concordat of worm (1121).
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What was Countess Matilda of Tuscany?
She was one of the most powerful lords of the time with a lot of money.
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What was the Decretum?
As mentioned before, it was a set of new reforms of cannon law layed out by the reform gregorian church.
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What did the new Decretum (1104) cannon law change?
Clerical celibacy Clothes and Power more cannon law etc.
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What were the new monastic orders?
The OG benedictine monks stayed (black robes) also cathusian monks as well.
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Where were the cistercian monks?
White monks -simplicity and poverty -Ecstay and emotion -Romanesque.
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Who were the Seljuk Turks?
They were turks from the Kazak plains. -Sunni -they subdued abbisids -threaten byzantyne. -baghdad.
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Who was Alexoios Kommenos?
The Byzatyne Emperor during the first cruade.
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Who was Anna Komnena?
She was a byzatyne historian, alos has a manga. Also wrote the Alexiad.
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What was the Alexiad?
It was a history written by Princess and historican Anna Komnena about her father Alexios and his intereactions with the first crusade.
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Who was Pope Urban II?
The person who first called the crusades 1096.
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Why was it called the Peoples crusade?
Becasue peopel came ot the cusade, women children etc promised heaven.
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Where did the first crusade start?
In the Rhineland with the pggram of the Jews, thousands massacred.
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Who was Peter the Hermit (1050-1131)?
He called for people to march and crusade to jerluselm.
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What kind of warfare was seen in the crusades?
Seige warfare.
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What were crsader states?
States that froms after the crsades for christians.
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What were the names of the Crusader states?
-County of Edessa -Principility of Antioch -County of Tripoli -Kingdom of Jerluslem.
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What was the second crusade 1147-1150?
The second crusade launched by the French and German to expell the Seljiks from Antoloia failed. -Loius VII of France -King Conrad II of HRE Eleanor of Aquitaine. -ASt. Bernard of Clairvaux.
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What were the impacts of the Crusades?
-Establishment of Crusader states. -Centralization and expansion. (Trade, monarchies and religion) -Conflict continues (East V west, Christian v non-Christian, Sunni v Shi'ite) Overall mythologization of crusades.

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