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19 Cards in this Set
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Aachen
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capital of Charlemagne's empire
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Charlemagne
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frankish king and emperor from A.D. 800-814
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William the Conqueror
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duke of normandy; in 1066 he became the 1st naorman king of europe
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Eleanor of Aquataine
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queen of france and later queen of england; encouraged medieval poetry, culture, chivalry
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King John
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king of england; vassals forced him to sign the magna carta in 1215
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Normandy
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a region of present day france
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Iberian Peninsula
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peninsula including spain
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Italian Peninsula
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peninsula including italy
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Scandanavian Peninsula
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peninsula including norway, sweden, and finland
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Balkan Peninsula
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peninsula including greece
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Crusades
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a series of wars to take the holy land back from the muslims; 8 of them
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Pope Urban II
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called for the 1st crusade
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Reconquista
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a long war fought between the christians and muslims over spain; lasted 800 years
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Gothic Architecture
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a architectual style for churches including pointed arches, flying buttresses, and huge stained glass windows
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Renaissance
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a period of great cultural and artistic change that began in Florence, Italy around 1350 or 1492
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Johannes Gutenberg
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invented printing press in 1455
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Martin Luther
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german monk and leader of the reformation;wrote 95 theses
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Ignatius of Loyola
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founder of the jesuit order of roman catholic priests
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Henry VIII
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king of england and founder of church of england(anglican church)
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