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15 Cards in this Set
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Charlemagne
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800 AD; formed the first stable government, ruler of the Franks, received first title of “Holy Roman Emperor”
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William the Conqueror
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1066; invades England (Battle of Hastings), brought idea of Feudalism
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Feudalism
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system of government where people are broken up into classes; King-Lord-Noble-Vassals-Serfs, with the king owning everything, and serfs working
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Bubonic Plague
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1330-1347; “Black Death”, carried by fleas and rats; caused by raw sewage, low immunity, and high population; killed 25-33 million over 5 years
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100 Year's War
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1337-1453; 116 years w/ 100 years of fighting, between England and France because of land and inheritance
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The Great Schism
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1378-1417; the division between the Eastern (Orthodox) and Western (Roman) churches; also when there were 2-3 popes
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Humanism
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1480s; people began to focus more on literature and art with humans instead of the church
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Martin Luther
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1483-1546; leader of the Reformation; went against the Catholic church; formed the Lutheran Church
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Counter Reformation
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Catholic Church’s reaction to the Reformation of the protestant church; affirm some of the principles rejected by protestants, accepted authority of pope; led by Jesuits
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Black Death
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-1347; Bubonic plague; killed 25-33 million in 5 years
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Dante
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1265-1321; wrote Divine Comedy (1310-1320), in different style than “tragic”; poem referring to 3 parts of the next world
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Chaucer
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1340-1400; wrote Canterbury Tales (1387-1400), a collection of stories in lengthy, rhymed narrative- depicted interests and behavior of all people
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Villon
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wrote Grand Testament; modern poet, using vernacular of the poor and criminals
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vernacular
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expressed or written in a language of a native place
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Chivalry
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qualifications of a knight; courtesy, generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms
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