Middle ages
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- Knight
- a chessman in the shape of a horse's head
- Franks
- Only large, united kingdom in early Middle Ages
- Pope
- the head of the Roman Catholic Church
- Henry viii
- son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547
- Ferdinand & Isabella
- monarch of christian spain
- Crusades
- 1096 Christian Europe aim to reclaim Jerusalem and aid they Byzantines; 1st success and the rest a failure; weakens the Byzantines; opens up trade
- Cervantes
- Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)
- Code of Chivalry
- a code of behavior that governed the aspect of all knights behavior
- King John of England
- King who loss territory to France
- Huns
- Warlike people who migrated from Eastern Europe into territory controlled by Germanic tribes, forcing them to move into areas controlled by Rome
- Roger Bacon
- English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation
- Dante
- an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
- Martin Luther
- German theologian who led the Reformation
- Vikings
- Invaders of Europe that came from Scandinavia
- Magna Carta
- the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215
- Sacraments
- sacred rites
- Guild
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- Thomas Aquinas
- (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology
- Chaucer
- English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400)
- Gutenberg
- German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)
- Castiglione
- THE BOOK OF THE COURTIER: talked about the necessary qualities of a gentleman: need to live an active and educated life
- Charlemagne
- king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor
- Thomas More
- English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded
- Bubonic Plague
- the most common form of the plague
- Battle of Tours
- 732, battle that stoppped Muslim invsion
- Great Schism
- separation of Church
- William the Conqueror
- duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England
- Joan of Arc
- French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king
- Machiavelli
- a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)