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Ch. 15 History Notes
Term | Definition |
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Alps | separates Italy from the rest of Europe. |
Celts | pushed into Ireland, Wales, and Scotland by the Angles and Saxons. |
King Clovis | Frankish king who became Catholic. |
Gregory the Great | sent missionaries throughout Europe to convert to Catholicism. |
Vikings | people from Scandinavia who invaded Europe. |
Code of Chivalry | a guide for a knight's good behavior. |
English Channel | separates Britain and Ireland from the rest of Europe. |
Domesday Book | a census taken in England by William the Conqueror. |
King John | signed the Magna Carta in 1215. |
Edward 1 | called for a meeting of people from different parts of England, which came to be called Parliament. |
First Crusade | drove Muslims from Jerusalem. |
Kievan Rus | a group of small territories in eastern Europe ruled by Vikings. |
Crusades | were a holy war launched by Catholics against Muslim Turks. |
Moscow | became an important city because it was a trading center. |
Hildegard of Bingen | |
Thomas Aquinas | |
Francis of Assisi |