Chapter 8: The Byzantine Empire & Emerging Europe – Flashcards
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Bishopric
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Group of Christian communities
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Pope/Bishops
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Believed to be Peter's successors/ "Ruler" of church
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Monk
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People who saught to live a life pursuing an ideal identification of God.
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Monasticism
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Practice of living life as a monk
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Nun
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Female version of a monk
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Abess
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Head of a convent
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Pope Gregory I
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Took control of Rome, expanded papal, strengthened power in the pope
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Western Christians view on the Pope
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Accepted pops but did not agree with the power/authority distributed to the pope
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Christianized Western Europe with monastic movement
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St. Benedict
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Ostrogoths
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Came from Italy; Germanic tribe that invaded
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Came from Spain; Germanic tribes that invaded
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Visigoths
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Clovis
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First Germanic ruler to convert to Christianity
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Wergild
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Germanic law where a wrongdoer payed money to a family in which they harmed or murdered one of their family memebers
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Law that determined guiltiness (based on divine intervention)
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Ordeal
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Roman law
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Crime is a civil offence
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Crime is personal
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Germanic Law
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Charles Martel
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Won the battle of Tours, grandson is Charlemagne (Pepin's son)
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Achievements of Charlemagne
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Expanded Frankish Kingdom, created the Carolingian Empire, set up Missi Dominici
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Messengers of the Lord/king
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Missi Dominici
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Scriptorium
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Writing room
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Justinian
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Emperor of Byzantine Empire
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Restored the Roman Empire in the Mediterranean, created a codification of Roman laws
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Justinian
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Codification of Roman Law(s)
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Body of Civil Law
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Lombards conquered Italy, empty treasury, renewed threats, and attacks from Persia were all because of what event?
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Justinian's death
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Known as the "Holy city"
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Constantinople
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Language in Eastern Europe
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Greek
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Latin
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Language in western Europe
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Religion in Western Europe
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Catholic
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Christian
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Religion in Eastern Europe
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Patriarch
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Head of the church
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Schism
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Split
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When did the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church separate?
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11th century
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How did the threat from the Seljuk Turks spark the Crusades?
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Emperor Alexus I turned to Europe military aid to fight the Turks and caused involvement in the Crusades.
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Theodora
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Women's rights law, helped with abuse
