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29 Cards in this Set
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Salic Law
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only sons can inherit property
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Clovis-Merovingian Dynasty
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kings among Frankish tribes
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Feudalism
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no strong kings, decentralization
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Justinian-Corpus
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centralize government by imposing legal and doctrinal conformity throughout
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Charlemagne
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kingdom embraced France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Corsica
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Donation of Pepin
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creation of Papal States
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Missi Dominci
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created by charlemagne, they are special royal envoys who made annual visits to districts other than their own
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Capitularies
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an ecclesiastical or civil ordinance
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Treaty of Verdun
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breaks down the german empire into italy, germany, france and england
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Alfred the Great
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defeated the vikings and encouraged writing in English
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Witan Assembly
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advised the king of england
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William the Bastard
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first Norman King of England, when he died Normandy went to one son, England to the other
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Doomsday Book
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register of taxes
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Battle of Hastings
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lead to William's conquest of England
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Henry II and Thomas Becket Conflict
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fought about rights and privileges of the church and was murdered by the followers of the king
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John of Lackland
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not a good ruler, nobles dislike him bc he took a noble's fiancé as his wife, so they don't go to war for him and because they won't pay the taxes he needs to run the country (due to the Charter of Liberties-which states the people won't have to pay exuberant taxes), he is forced to sign the Magna Carta
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Magna Carta
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consists of 63 clauses, guarantees the rights of individuals
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King John
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John of Lackland's son, 9 years old, advisors help him, he is a good honest ruler but nobles want more more so they ally against him
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Christian Religion (in middle ages)
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major influence because the Germanic barbarians accept it so it spreads, Ulfilas the monk encourages this
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Influence of Gemanic Barbarians (in middle ages)
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take over Roman empire and create little empires
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Heritage of Classical Cultures (in Middle ages)
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greece and rome's culture become part of new cultures
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Paul
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made Christianity appealing to all, he said you don't have to be a jew to be christian
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council of nicea
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got rid of all heresies and mystery cults and established 1 view which was the view of the church: the trinity
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Problems of the Church
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Heresies: anything different from the views of the church
Babylonian Captivity: jews were trapped in babylon Great Schism: split within the Roman Catholic Church |
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Conciliar movement
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attempt to solve the problems of the church
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John Hus
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tried as a heretic and burned at the stake because he believed in the ideals of John Wyglif whose faith was based on the bible not the pop
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Crusades
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the means by which the church punished worldly leaders
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Hundred years war
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between france and england
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joan of arc
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french maiden burnt at the stake bc she was considered a heretic
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