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Humn exam IV

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Define Caesarpapist   lead both the church and state including appointed high church offices  
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What is Islams basic creed/saying   "There is no God but Allah & Muhammad is his prophet"  
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What are the 5 pillars of the Islamic faith?   1) confession 2) Prayer 3) Alms giving 4) fast of Ramadan 5) Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca)  
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Cyril & Methodius   2 missionaries sent to Slavic peoples by Emperor Michael III & Russian embrace Greek Christianity development of Greek alphabet  
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Mecca   Islam's holiest city  
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Charles Martel   Frankish King who defeated Muslims at Tours effect stopped the spread of Islam to Europe  
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caliphs   meaning "successor to the prophet" given to Muslim rulers who combined political authority with religious power  
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jihad   Islamic holy war in which believers feel they have the authority to fight & defend the faith  
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hijra   Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 BC  
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syllabic   syllable allotted to each note  
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melismatic   each single syllable prolonged over many notes  
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narthex   vestibule entrance  
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nave   a centeral area for congregation to assemble  
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apse   framed the altar & provided seats for clergy, semicircular extended from interior space  
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transept   "arms" set at right angles to the nave & an area that functions as a 2nd nave  
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Beowulf   typical epic hero that he is biger than life superhuman character of cultural significance  
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Hrothgar   King of the Danes whose hall is attacked by Grendel  
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Hygelac   Beowulf's uncle King of Geatland earlier  
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Wiglaf   bravest warrior who helps Beowulf fight the Dragon  
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Unferth   Dane who taunts Beowulf then later lends him his sword, Hrunting, to fight Grendel's mother  
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Alciun of York   scholar attracted to the cour of Charlemagne & led in renewal of learning as well as attracting other scholars to the court.  
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trivium   grammar, rhetoric, & logic  
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quadrivium   arithmetic, music, geometry, astronomy  
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trivium & quadrivium make up....   the curriculum for medieval universities. these they saw these subjects as the patterns by which organized the world.  
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common law   unwritten traditional practice rather than some form of legislation  
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statutory law   law that results from some form of legislation & hence becomes recorded  
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Cluny   monestary that had the Cluniac Reform which included persuading Duke William to write a charter putting them under the direct subordinate to the pope thus no civil authority  
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Treaty of Verdun   divided Charlemagne's empire among his 3 grandsons-Charles the Bald, Lothair I, & Louis the German-immediately starting a civil war  
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What are the main principles in Germain law?   compurgation, ordeal, wergeld  
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compurgation   12 honorable men would be given to testify to the good character of the accused w/out consideration to the charges. similar to modern juriprudence  
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ordeal   accused given opportunity to test his innocence w/ extraordinary act like picking up a hot iron if no significant burn sign of innocence  
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wergeld   * most important for regulation in violence * system of compensation based on the worth of a man hence meaning "wergeld"="man gold"  
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missi dominici   traveling agents who represented the emperor in various territories. they reinforced his presence and power."envoys of the lord (ruler)"  
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hierarchy   in both feudal society & the medieval church it describes the structured system of rank of one person above or below another  
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fief   in the feudal system the portion--usually land--given by the lords to vassals to provide for their maintenance in return for their service  
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Liege Lord   in feudal system a lord who has many vassals but owes allegiance to no one  
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vassal   a noble who binds himself to his lord in return for maintenance also in the feudal system  
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commune   a medieval or early modern town  
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Roger Bacon   he & his teacher, Grossetestes, developed an early form of the scientific method by emphasizing the vale of experimentation over pure logic. one contribution was optics when he discovered to make glasses by grinding lenses.  
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Hanseatic League   in the late 13th century many cities in Northern Germany created this association that united to capitalize on the prosperous northern trade  
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Hildegard of Bingen   a medieval abbess & mystic who is remembered for her writings on woman's health & medicine & for her sublime music  
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witengemot   nobles in capacity as advisers formed a council called this  
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guild   like modern day unions. craftsmen who banded together to protect the interests of their particular crafts. might set standards of quality, prices, & system of training new works.  
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Averroes (Latin name= Ahmad Ibn Rushd)   a Muslim scholar who did extensive studies & writing on Aristotle  
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Maimonides   Jewish scholar who did extensive studies & writing on Aristotle  
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Eleanor of Aquitaine   1st married to the King of France & later married to England's Henry II, brought her considerable holdings in France under English control  
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Battle of Hastings   Norman king, William, defeated the Anglo-Saxson king, Harold Godwinson  
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King John   youngest brother of Richard the Lion Hearted and who became King & Richards death. His misrule led to his being forced to sign the Magna Carta  
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the reconquest   of the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule  
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Santiago de Compostela   St James of the Starry Field is the pilgrim church supposedly containing the bones of James the Elder  
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Otto I   took the title emperor in his effort to restor the Carolingian empire. As a successful warrior & one who fostered learning in his court, he did resemble Charlemagne. Received the crown of Roman emperor from Pop John XII  
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Frederick I Barbarossa   came close to establishing a consolidated German empire, but once again we have a case of where incessant wars drained the wealth of the kingdom  
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Fredrick II   effectively ended any chance of a unified German monarchy because of his fascination for the complex culture of Sicily rather than ruling Germany  
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Estates General   representative body created by Philip IV. representatives from those who prayed, fought, & worked,met separately hence 3 bodies  
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jongleur   a minstrel or singing actor  
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chanson de geste   song of deeds such as the Song of Roland a action story in poetic form from tales  
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troubadour   French musicians of noble lineage who composed & sang secular songs  
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minnesinger   German equivalent of a jongleur. "minne" German for love  
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mysticism   symbolism  
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Geats   people from S Sweden & who Beowulf belongs  
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Danes   Christians who Beowulf rescues  
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Heorot   mead hall of the Danish King that stood empty for 12yrs because of Grendel  
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Cluny   located in France & was the site of Cluny Abbey that developed into a major cultural center  
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Bay   rectangular space that has been vaulted by intersecting arches  
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Ribboned barrel vault   intersection of 2 or 3 barrel vaults produces a ribbed vault when they are edged with a armature of piped masonry  
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archivolt   molding that frames an arch such as tympanum  
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scriptorium   medieval monastery the work room for copying & illuminating manuscripts  
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illuminated manuscripts   pg of book or manuscripts that has been highly decorated with designs & pics  
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ambulatory   covered passage for walking found around the apse of a church  
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Nicholas II   1st pope condemned layinvestiture defined the prinicples of the pope  
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lay investiture   popes disapproved of a lay person giving a churchmen the symbols of spiritual offices because it appeared that the ruler was the source of spiritual authority  
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Concordat of Worms (pronounced Vorms cuz German)   a compromise in investiture controversy by Henry V pope acknowledged as having authority to present how bishops with symbol of office  
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Thomas Becket   wanted to preserve the church's right to be exempt from legal authority  
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mendicant orders   members of a religious order such as Dominicans & Franciscans who wandereded from city to city begging for alms rather than residing in a monastery  
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Inocent III   pope who exert leadership over princes of Europe  
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4th Laterman Council   met in 1215 identified the 7 sacraments & reaffirmed their essential role in reaching salvation/heaven  
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Urban II   pope called people to the Holy Land  
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Inquisition   religious court establish in 13th century to root out heresy by questioning  
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Saladin   hated the templars, Muslim leader who led recapture of Jerusalem & had a humane attitude to inhabitants that crusaders before  
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Knights Templar (a must know Dr. Wetzel said it be a good 4pointer just fyi)   followed monastic rules and serving God by fighting Muslims by guarding the Holy Land. they also served as bankers for those who were traveling to the Holy Land then their power grew too strong  
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7 Sacraments   1) Baptism (@ birth because of original sin) 2) Eucharist (communion) 3) confirmation 4) confession (absolution) 5) marriage 6) ordination (become Priest) 7) extreme unction  
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