World History Chapter 8 Test Review – Flashcards
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Carolingian
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The Frankish royal house named after Charlemagne
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Boniface
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Known as the "apostle of the Germans"
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Benedict
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"Father of Western Monasticism
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Chivalry
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A knights strict code of behavior
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Lothair
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Emperor of The land between east and west frankland
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Charlemagne
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"Charles the great", greatest Carolingian king
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Pepin the short
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Mayor of the palace that seized the throne in 752
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Clovis
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Head of the Frankish tribe, "king of the Franks"
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Serf
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Majority of those living on the manor; midway between ancient slave and freeman
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Peace of god
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Decree by which the church forbade the pillage of its property and extended protection to all non-combatants in society
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Investiture
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Symbolic act by which The Lord gave the vassal the right of use of a fief
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Fief
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Land grants given in return for service
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Franks
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Most powerful Germanic in the early Middle Ages; ruled by Merovingian and Carolingian house
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Homage
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Ceremony by which a man becomes a vassal and thus eligible for a fief
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Writing
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Carolingian Miniscule
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Alcuin
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Most distinguished scholars of Western Europe
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Verdun
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Treaty that split the empire into 3 separate kingdoms
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Patrick
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Brought the gospel to Ireland
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Chastity
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Celibacy
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Sacrament
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A religious act that grants grace
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Vulgate
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"Common" or "well-known"
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Oath of fealty
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Vow taken by a vassal pledging faithfulness in their lord
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Louis the German
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Received easy frankland
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Do nothing kings
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Seventh-century Merovingian kings who reigned but did not rule
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Vassal
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Recipient of a fief who owned alliengance to a lord
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Charles the bald
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Receive west Frankland
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Land ownership
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Lords had fiefs, vassals had parts on the fiefs
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Subinfeudation
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Parceling out portions of a fief to gain the services of lesser nobles
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Institution at the heart of medieval society
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Castle
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Mayor of the palace
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Principal palace official under the Merovingian house
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Battle of Tours
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Battle that stopped Muslim expansion
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Monks
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Took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to the the abbot
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Lords
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Landholding noble in feudalism
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Secular clergy
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Leaders if the church; conducted religious services
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Laity
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Those who did not take "holy orders"
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Missi Dominici
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Messengers sent in pairs by Charlemagne throughout his empire to ensure the enforcement of his policies on the local level
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Relic
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An object from the past
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Transubstantion
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Roman Catholic belief that during the Holy Eucharist that priest transforms the bread and wine into the actual blood and body of christ
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Leo
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Hailed as pope of Rome
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Manor
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The center of medieval society, a self contained farming controlled by a lord and farmed by a peasant
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Feudalism
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A political system in which local rulers offered the people protection in return for their service
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Tournaments
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Mock war; included two types of contests, the joust and melee
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Aix-la-Chapelle
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Center of learning in the realm
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Investiture
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Symbolic act by which The Lord gave to the vassal the right of use of a fief
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Demesne
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The land reserved for the lord
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Charles Martel
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Charles"the hammer", became famous for the battle of tours
