Test 2 reversed Flashcards
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Best known for the creation of Constantinopal and the Edict of Milan.
Constantinopal became the center of the Byzantine Empire.
The Edict of Milan decreed the tolerance of all religions.
Constantine
A Byzantine Emperor who is best known for attempting to, and partially accomplishing, the reclaiming of the Western Roman Empire. Also, he is the husband of Theodora.
Justianian I
The wife of Justinian I. She is one of the most influential women in Roman history. She was cannonized as a Saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and is commemorized on Nov. 14th.
Theodora
This is when the head of the state is also the head of the main religious body.
Caeseropapism
This is the rejection of Byzantium Art by Christians. This is due to one of the ten commandments that forbids imagery of God.
Iconoclastic Contraversy
In Muslim tradition, he is the messanger or prophet of God. He was a leader of Mecca who united Arabia under the law of Islam.
Muhammad
Was the wife of Muhammad. She is considered by Muslims to be the Mother of Islam.
Khadiji
This is the branch of Muslims that follow the teachings of Ali, who is the son-in-law of Muhammad.
Shi’ites
This is a branch of Muslims that follow the original teachings of Muhammad. This is the largest denomination of Muslims and are considered Orthodox Muslims.
Sunni
The first King of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish Tribes under one ruler. He is also the first Catholic King who ruled over Gaul, which is modern day France.
Clovis
He was a Frankish military and political leader. He is remembered for winning the Battle of Tours in 732. He is considered to be a founding figure in the Middle Ages.
He is alsoGrandfather of Charlemange.
Charles Martel
The son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne. He was the first King of the Franks from the Carolingian Dynasty. He obtained the permission of Pope Zachary to depose of King Childeric III.
Pepin the Short
This was a dynasty thst came to rule the Franks for over 300 years. The dynasty was first formed by Childeric I, the father of Clovis I.
Merovingians
Was a Frankish Dynasty that came to rule the Franks after the Merovingians. The first King of this Dynasty was Pepin the Short.
Carolingian Dynasty
He was the founder of the Carolingian Empire. He expanded the Frankish Empire by adding Italy, subduing the Saxons and Babarians, and pushed his frontiers to Spain.
He is the son of Pepin the Short. He was crowned on Christmas day by Pope Leo III as the Holy Roman Emperor.
Charlemagne
This was a set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe. It was broadly defined by a system for stucturing society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor.
It was a system of obligation that bound servants to their lords and vice-a-versa. Fuedalism usually derives from a decetralized empire that lacks bureaucratic structure.
Fuedalism
A basic element of fuedalism. It is the political, economic, and social system that leaves peasents dependent on their lord and land.
Manoralism
The first Norman King of England. He was descended from Viking raiders and had been Duke of Normandy. When he was Duke of Normandy, his bastard status caused a reign of anarchy for a short time.
William the Conqueror
Father of Richard the Lionheart. During his reign, he greatly restructured the legal systems of England.
Henry II
The Archbishop of Canterbury. He is commemorated as a Saint and martyr by the Catholic Church. He was canonized b Pope Alaxander III shortly after his death.
Thomas Becket
An Angevin charter that was the statute for England and Wales that set up civil liberites. This also made King John of England agree that his will was not arbitrary.
Magna Carta
The first King of the Franks of the Capetian Dyanasty. He was elected to succeed the Carolingian King Louis V.
Hugh Cape
was the last King of the Franks and the first King of France. He was a member of the house Capet. He was one of the most successful of the medieval French monarchs.
Phillip II Augustus
Was he most signifigant conflict between Church and state in medieval Europe. It was resolved by the Concordat of Worms.
Investiture Contraversy