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18 Cards in this Set
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Celts
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The people that were pushed aside by the Anglo-Saxons when the A-S conquered southeastern Britain. The Celts fled to Ireland and north and south to the mountains.
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Anglo-Saxons
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The Angles and the Saxons invaded Britain from Denmark and Germany and pushed out the Celts.
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King Klovis
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The king of the Franks. He became catholic and then, nearly all of the Franks became catholic, too.
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Mayor of the Palace
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The most important of the nobles who took over royal duties while kings were fighting. Charles Martel was the most important one.
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Papel States
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Regions in Italy owned by the pope. This land was acquired when the king, Pepin, defeated the Lombards.
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Excommunicate
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To exclude a person from church membership.
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Charlemagne
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(Charles the Great) The Roman Emperor. He set up a capital in Aachen and believed in education for the Franks. He married and divorced many wives and had at least 18 children.
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The Lord's Messengers
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Charlemagne's inspectors sent out to make sure the counts conducted their studies properly.
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Fjords
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Steep sided valleys that are inlets of the sea.
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Vikings
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Translates to "raiding". Invaded Europe from Scandinavia. Viking people were known as Norsemen or "north men" and they conquered Normandy. They had little farmland, so they depended on the sea.
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Longboats
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Sturdy boats that could survive the rough Atlantic and navigate shallow rivers. Developed by the Vikings.
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Tapestry
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A large detailed piece of fabric placed behind someone or something of importance to concentrate attention on them.
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Scandinavia
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The location where the Vikings were settled. Northern Europe: Norway, Sweden, and Denmark make it up. It had a long jagged coastline and many fjords. It had little farmland forcing use of the sea.
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Interdict
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It forbids priests from providing Christian rituals to certain groups of people.
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Concordat
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An agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country.
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Abbot
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The leader of a monastery, many became involved in politics.
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Scriptoria
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Writing rooms in monasteries where monks made copies of important works: the Bible and Roman and Greek works.
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Missionaries
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People who are sent out to teach their religion.
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