AP World History Ch 17 – Flashcards
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Charlemagne
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King of the Franks; emperor Through a series of military conquests he established the Carolingian Empire, which encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. Illiterate, though started an intellectual revival. Grandson of Charles Martel.
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Middle Ages
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The historical period from around 500 A.D. up to around 1450 A.D. between the fall of Rome and the birth of the Renaissance; The medieval period.
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Clovis
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king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy.
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Arian Christianity
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Popular in much of the Roman Empire; Religion most of the Germanic peoples converted to.
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The Carolingians
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Charles Martel's dynasty after the death of Clovis.
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Charles Martel
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the Frankish commander for the battle of Tours. He defeated the Muslimsin the Battle of Tours, allowing Christianity to survive throughout the Dark Ages. He in a way started Feudalism by giving land to his knights that served for him.
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The Franks
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A group of Germanic tribes. They became allies of the Romans and became Christian. In the 8th century they established the Carolingian rule.
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Louis the Pious
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Charlemagne's only surviving son (814-840), succeeded his father and kept the Carolingian empire together.
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Viking
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a savage Scandinavian invader (Norseman) who believed in pagan gods and traveled the seas in sturdy boats to explore.
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Feudalism
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A political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection and land in return for service
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Serf
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(Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
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St. Scholastica
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St. Benedicts sister, a nun, who influenced an adaptation of the "Rule" providing guidance for the religious life of women living in convents.
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Benedictine Rule
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rules drawn up in 530 by Benedict, a monk, regulation monastic life. The rule emphasizes obedience, poverty and chastity and divides the day into periods of worship, work and study
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St. Benedict of Nursia
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strengthened the early monastic movement by providing discipline and purpose. In 529 he prepared a set of regulations known as Benedict's Rule.
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Monasticism
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a way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith
