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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| crusades | a long series of wars |
| what 2 places were the crusades against | christans and muslims |
| medievle | Referring to the Middle Ages |
| chivalry | The code of honorable behavior for medieval knights |
| Parliament | The lawmaking body that governs Europe |
| excommunicate | To cast out from the church |
| Saladin | Muslim general, he led the Muslim forces in the 3rd Crusade |
| pope | The head of the Catholic Church |
| Charlemagne | King of the Franks. A brilliant warrior and strong leader. |
| Thomas Aquinas | Dominican philosopher. He said that thinking logically could help show that Christian beliefs are true. |
| Benedict | Italian saint and monk. Created a set of rules for monks to follow. |
| King Richard I | King of England who led Christian soldiers in the 3rd Crusade. Earned respect from enemies for being brave and fair. |
| Magna Carta | A document signed in 1215 by King John; required the king to honor certain rights. |
| Hundred Years War | A long conflict between England and France. Lasted from 1337 to 1453. |
| Black Death | A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347-1351. |
| William the Conqueror | Powerful French noble who conquered England and brought feudalism there. |
| Black Death A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347-1351. is also known as | the black plague |
| where was the middle ages located | europe |
| When Rome fell… | After Rome collapsed, Western Europe changed socially,economically, and politically - declined. Europe is the “peninsula of peninsulas” because it consists of many smaller peninulas |
| Topography | physical features of its surface. |
| The Middle Ages… | 500-1500 CE / AD = The Middle Ages |
| Medieval is a Latin term for | middle ages. |
| New Kingdoms | Huns and Germanic tribes migrate into the Roman Empire around 300 A.D. |
| Lombards | settled in European river valleys. |
| Angles, Saxons, and Jutes moved across the | North Sea to the British Isles. |
| Rise of the Franks | In 486, Frankish leader Clovis I defeated the Roman Army. |
| 530’s the Franks controlled much of the land in | Gaul and Germany. |
| Charles Martel | 717 A.D. united the Frankish lands under his rule. |
| His most important victory, | Battle of Tours in 732. |
| Charlemagne | In 768, Charles Martel’s grandson, Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, became king of the Franks. |
| 800 A.D. | built an empire in what is now France, Germany, and Italy. |
| His victories did what? | Reunited much of the original western Roman empire. |
| Compare how he was like other kings? | He appointed and checked on powerful nobles who ruled local regions. |
| What effect did his feelings about education have? | It caused people to better educated |
| How did Charlemagne use his power? | Charlemagne was a devout Christian. He spread Christianity. Expanded his territory (empire). |
| New Emperor | In 800, Pope Leo III, crowned Charlemagne emperor. |
| Under Constantine, the emperor had authority over the church, but by Leo crowning Charlemagne. It demonstrated that the pope had the power to name the emperor. - Strengthened Church’s power. what is a pope???? | a person who leads a cathlic church |
| Charlemagne died | In 814, his son Louis I took the throne. |
| Treaty of Verdon | split his empire into three parts. |