WC: Medieval Europe
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- What gave Clovis' throne stability?
- his military victories and religious conversion
- What was the Treaty of Verdun?
- three grandsons of Charlemagne divided the Carolingian lands
- What was one of Charlemagne's ideas that would unite western Europeans?
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create a Christian Roman Empire
- What is the new political system that developed in western europe that stresesd alliances between monarchs and nobles?
- feudilism
- What was the time when Western Europe was so backwards because of the decline caused by the Germanic invasions?
- Dark Ages
- Ties between a lord and a vassal were made official in a solemn ceremony known as what?
- homage
- In 800, Charlemagne came to Rome to defend who against Roman nobles?
- Pope Leo III
- What did viking raids do to the people of Europe?
- isolated communities, weakened the authority of monarchs
- What were the two Latin terms used to create "Medieval?"
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medium (middle)
aevum (age) - What were the duties of the counts?
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solved local problems
stopped feuds
protected the weak
raised armies - What were the local officials in the central bureacracy called under Charlemagne?
- counts
- As well as Vikings being raiders, they did what?
- exploring, settling, trading, sailing
- The middle ages was an era of transition between what?
- ancient and modern times
- What are estates with peasants granted to nobles?
- fiefs
- Leo III crowned Charlemagne what?
- Roman emporer
- What are eddas?
- Written poems of the vikings
- What was the result of the Germanic invasions on the Roman Empire?
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trade declined
law and order vanished
cities, bridges, roads: disuse
education disappeared
money not used - Which groups attacked the Carolingian kingdoms?
- Muslims, Slavs, Magyars, Vikings
- By being crowned by the pope, Charlemagne thought the pope seemed to be saying what?
- that church officials are superior to rulers
- More than anything else, what held Charlemagne's empire together?
- his forceful personality
- What destroyed the urban world of the Roman Empire?
- Germanic invasions
- Because Louis, Charlemagne's son, couldn't fill his shoes, when he died, who fought over the kingdom?
- Charlemagne's grandsons
- Who was the son of Charles Martel who became king of the Franks?
- Pepin the Short
- What are mounted warriers?
- knights
- Why did the Frankish kingdom begin to decline?
- kings split up land among heirs: rivals to fight for land
- Which of Charlemagne's grandsons became Holy Roman emporer?
- Lothair
- Who doubled the borders of his kingdom, to create the Frankish Empire, encouraged schools, preserved classical learning, etc?
- charlemagne
- What is a noble who served a lord of the next higher rank?
- vassal
- The Middle Ages can be described as what?
- a dynamic civilization
- In return for the Church's blessing, Pepin was supposed to do what?
- help pope against enemies
- The Medieval civilization combined elements of what two cultures/belief systems?
- Germanic, Christians
- Political power from Frankish kings eventually went to government officals called what?
- mayors of the palace
- What were the early rulers of the Franks called? Who was it named after?
- Merovingian kings; Merowig
- Who was Pepin's son who was one of Europe's greatest monarchs?
- Charlemagne
- Who became the mayor of the palace in 714 and won great prestige after defending Tours, France?
- Charles Martel ("the hammer")
- Who was the first Germanic ruler to accept Catholicism?
- Clovis
- Who was annointed by the pope- making him a divinely chosen ruler?
- Pepin the Short
- What brutal and wily warrior became king of the Franks in 481?
- Clovis
- What was the name of Charlemagne's dynasty?
- Carolingian
- Who emerged as the strongest Germanic group?
- the franks
- In the 400s, who settled in what is now France and western Germany?
- the franks