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World Hist. Ch 9 Rev
BJU World History Chapter 9 Review (People)
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Most powerful of the Germanic Tribe | Franks |
| Leader of the head of the Frankish tribe in Northern Gaul | Clovis |
| the family line of Clovis | Merovingian House |
| the major of the palace of one of the stronger Frankish stars | Pepin II |
| “the Hammer”; one of the most famous mayors of the palace | Charles Martel |
| another mayor of the palace, had the powers of king, but wanted the title too; asked to be anointed by the pope | Pepin the short |
| leader of the Franks because of Pepin’s anointing | Carolingian House |
| rescued Rome from the Lombards | Charlemagne |
| crowned Charlemagne the Roman Emperor | Pope Leo III |
| Most renowned minds of the royal court in Aachen | Alcuin |
| Took western Frankland | Charles the Bald |
| Took eastern Frankland | Louis the German |
| Took the land between the last two | Lothair |
| Most feared invaders (Norsemen) | Vikings |
| king after Conrad I; first in the Saxon line of German kings | Henry the fowler |
| founded the Holy Roman Empire | Otto I (The Great) |
| house that succeeded the Saxon kings; attempted to centralize power and weakened nobles; ended after Henry V died without an heir | Salian House |
| sought to restore glory and stability to the “holy empire”; attempted to invade Italy (failed) | Frederick I (Barbarossa) |
| last notable Hohenstaufen ruler; his court became a leading center of culture; could have united all of Italy but the new pope resisted | Frederick II |
| What treaty split the empire into 3 separate kingdoms? | Treaty of Verdun |
| defeated the kingdom of Wessex; set up for an English monarchy; built a navy; had monks compile the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; invested in building churches and schools | Alfred the Great |
| Danish fellow that made England part of his kingdom | Canute the Dane |
| established a new line of kings - The Norman Dynasty | William the Conqueror |
| Had a problem with a vassal so he was called to trial. He refused which led to Philip II declaring his territories in France forfeited | King John |
| Battle of Hastings (Date) | October 14, 1066 |
| Alfred encouraged monks to compile this book | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle |
| book that held the survey that conducted a taxable income | Domesday Book |
| count of Paris that became king ending the Carolingian rulers | Hugh Capet |
| Hugh Capet's house; built a strong Marcy over the French feudal nobles | Capetian House |
| last king of the Franks and founder of France | Philip II (Augustus) |
| lord of the fief (servant) to the king | Vassal |
| protected life and property in the feudal system | Knight |
| privileged peasants who served as officials or in skilled trades | Freemen |
| peasants who weren't free to leave the land | Serfs |
| convinced Attila to spare their city; Bishop of Rome that first was called papa (pope) | Leo I |
| the prototype for the medieval pope; first true pope; promoted unbiblical doctrines | Gregory I |
| the most popular system of rules | Benedictine Rule |
| Monk missionary that took the gospel to Ireland | Patrick |
| Monk missionary known as the "Apostle to the Germans" | Boniface |
| the most influential monastic orders; founded by Bernard | Cistercians |
| greatest of the reforming popes; believed that the RCC was superior to the state; prohibited a layman from appointing someone to church office; excommunicated King Henry IV | Gregory VII |