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The Early Middle Age
Chapter 13 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Charlemagne | (c. 742 - 814) King of the Franks from 768 to 814; he united much of France, Germany, and northern Italy in one Frankish empire; crowned Emperor of the Roman people in 800 |
Papal States | territories in central Italy controlled by the pope from 756 - 1870 |
counts | title of nobility; in Charlemagne's empire, chosen officials who ruled parts of the empire in his name |
navigation | the guidance of ships from place to place |
sagas | long stories, written in the early 1200s, about great Icelandic heros and events |
Leif Eriksson | (died c. 1020) Norwegian explorer; he led a group of Vikings to North America and settled on the eastern shore of modern-day Canada |
fief | a grant of land from a lord to a vassal |
vassal | in medieval Europe, a person granted land from a lord in return for his services |
feudal system | a political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty, military assistance, and other services |
knights | in medieval Europe, nobles who were members of a lord's heavily armored cavalry |
fealty | the loyalty owed by a vassal to his feudal lord |
manorial system | an economic system in the middle ages that was built around large estates called manors |
serfs | peasants who were legally bound to their lord's land |
Alfred the Great | (849 - 899) King of Wessex from 871 to 899; he defeated Danish invaders and united Anglo-Saxon England under his control. He compiled a code of laws and promoted learning |
William the Conqueror | (c.1027 - 1087) King of England from 1060 to 1087; he was a powerful French noble who conquered England and brought feudalism to England |
Doomsday Book | a written record of English land-owners and their property made by order of William the Conqueror |
Eleanor of Aquitaine | (c. 1122 - 1204) Queen of France and England; she was one of the most powerful women in Europe during the Middle Ages |
Magna Carta | (1215) a charter agreed to by King John of England that granted nobles certain rights and restricted the king's powers |
Parliament | the governing body of England |
Hugh Capet | (c.938 - 996) King of France from 987 to 996; elected by Frankish nobles to succeed King Louis V, he founded the Capetian dynasty, which ruled France for 300 years |
Otto the Great | (912 - 973) King of Germany (936 - 973) and Holy Roman Emperor (962 - 973); he defeated the Magyar army, which ended the Magyar raidsin the mid-900s |
Reconquista | the effort of Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain, occurring between the 1100s and 1492 |
piety | devotion to one's religion |
pontificate | papal term in office |
Pope Gregory Vll | (c. 1020 - 1085) Roman Catholic pope; his assertion of church power to appoint bishops led him into conflict with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, who claimed the powers for himself. Gregory excommunicated Henry, who relented |
Henry lV | (1050 - 1106) King of Germany from 1056 to 1106 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1056 to 1106; he was excommunicated by Pope Gregory Vll over bishop appointments; he acknowledged the pope's authority and was readmitted to the church |