Terms Flashcards
(38 cards)
Hermit
Devoted religious ascetic
Apostles
12 Original followers of Jesus
Arianism
Sect of Christianity believing son is separate from God
Cenobitic monasticism
Monks who believed in helping the poor
Bishop
Local administrator, built cathedrals, ruled over diocese
Martyrdom
Devout Christians who died because of religious persecutions. Prepared to die for religion
Mithraism
Eastern cult of Mithras, monotheist, brought into empire by soldiers
Metropolitan
Bigger territory than diocese, provincial power
Ascetics
Single individuals who withdrew from society
Lavra
Gatherings of hermits in caves for Eucharist
Patriarch
Highest Religious leader of Byzantine, appointed by emperor
Nika riots
Chariot riots between greens and blues in 531 in Constantinople
Plague of Justinian
- first instance of Bubonic Plague
- 541-542
- debated economy
Great Schism
The official excommunicate between western and eastern churches in 1053.
Iconoclasm
The outlaw of religious icons in churches between 730 and 843
Primo Geniture
Law of inheritance in which eldest son receives all of fathers rights and possessions
Aachen(Aix-la-Chapel)
- Capital of Carolingian Empire
- first permanent capital of Europe
Kings Peace
Manage economy during wartime
Carolingian Renaissance
Culture from Byzantine brought into Carolingian by fleeing monks from iconoclasm
Palace School
Churchmen, artists, and scholars.
Perks to members
Trivium
First part of liberal arts. Grammar, rhetoric, and logic.
Quadrivium
Second of liberal arts stage. Geometry, arithmetic, music and astronomy
Hird
Basic military structure of Vikings
Episcopate
Jurisdiction of a bishop