history 1-13-16 – Flashcards
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the percentage of european land cultivated in the early ages is estimated at...
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less than 10%
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In the early midle ages the cultivation of new land was hard because
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the forests were so thick and crude tools of the era made land clearing arduous
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IN the early middle ages, germanic tribes newly converted to christianity still held pagan beliefs such as
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trees were sacred beings and could not be cut down
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the missi dominici were officials that charlemagne used to
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check on his counts
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the coronation of charlemagne in 800 as emperor of the Romans
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symbolized the fusion of Roman, germanic, and christian cultures
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charlemagne's carolingian renesaissance was characterized by
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new copies of classical literary works produced in benedictine monastic scriptoria
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socially and culturally, the church's advocacy of indissoluble marriage resulted in
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the development of nuclear family at the expense of the extended family
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IN the middle ages, monastic hospility to travelers was
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a sacred duty
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the staple food in the carolingian diet was
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bread
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the division of europe into 3 kingdoms after the death of louis the pious led to
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an incessant struggle between louis and charles and their heirs over disputed territory
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one of the most famous vikings, who discovered greenland was
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erik the red!!!!!
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In western europe the cheif political reprecussion of frequent viking raids was
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an increase in power of local aristocrats to whom threatened populations turned for effective protection
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THe "hierarchical" fief holding system in which vassale owing them services was known as
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subfeudation
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the lord vassal rekationship in the germanic practice of medival europe
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was honorable relationship between free men choosing to associate under physically threatening conditions
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the major obligations of the lord to the vassal was
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economic support and production either military or through grants of land
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under fuedalism of the early middle ages
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the major obligations of vassal to his lord was to provide military service
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the military innovation clearly contributing to the rise of feudal vassalage was
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the growing importance of cavalry in royal armies
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in 987, the frankist nobility met and elected ___ as thier king, contributingto the formation of a new dynasty to rule france for centuries
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hugh capet
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among otto I's more successful actions that clearly benefitted the kingship of germany was
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defeat of the magyars at the battle of lechfeld in 955 and christianization of eastern europe
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the english king who helped establish a unified anglo- saxton monarchy by defeating the danish army was
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alfred the great
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the economic structure of early middle ages
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was underdeveloped and predominantly agricultural
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manorialism
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marked an end to feif holding system of the early middle ages
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which of the following statements were true of trade during the middle ages?
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during the early centuries of the middle ages trade drastically declined AND by the ninth century luxury goods were brought in from the byzantine empire
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the byzantine empire by the eleventh century
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reached its largest territorial boundaries since the seventh century
