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37 Cards in this Set
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when did monasticism begin
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3rd century
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why did st anthony live in the desert
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to be closer to god
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benedict of nursia
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established monte cassino. created universal rule for all monks and nuns to follow.
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how did a monk live according to the rule of st benedict
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in chastity, poverty, obedience. he worked.
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what is an abbot or abbess
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the head of the monestary
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when did patrick arrive in ireland
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431 ad
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how did patrick first arrive in ireland
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he was taken captive at age 16. he escaped back to england but came back to ireland to start the conversion
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perigrinato
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pilgrim
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what did st columba do
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he established Iona (a monestary) in SW scotland. he went into scotland and created his own version of christianity
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what did aidan do
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he went down to england and founded lindisfarne in anglo-saxon england and tried to covert anglo-saxons to christianity
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what did columbanus do
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he founded luxeuil in france
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what did pope gregory the great do
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he sent st ambrose to england to try to convert the anglo-saxons.
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what is the letter that gregory wrote
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it was to the bishop miletus and it suggest that they dont destroy the temples of the anglo saxons, but destroy the idols within them
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what are the three pillars of byzantine civilization
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roman government. christian religion. grego-oriental culture
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who is the patriarch
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the ruler of the east (the pope is the west)
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who was justinian
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an autocrat who sought to regain the western provinces (old empire)
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who was justinian aided by
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theodora, his wife. she was co-ruler
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what did justinian and theodora build
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hagia sophia
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who took north italy in 568 ad
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the lombards
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who is muhammad
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from a merchant family. he unified the arabian community. he was the first caliph
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caliph
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a religious and secular leader
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who is allah
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a prophet, not divine
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hadith
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sayings of the prophet that are not included in the qur'an
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shari'a
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secular form of law
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five pillars of islam
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1. profession of islam - allah is god and muhammad is his messenger
2. daily worship - towards mecca 3. ramadan - fasting for a month 4. zakat - taxing that goes directly to charity - keeps the church from getting wealthy 5. hajj - once in your life you should go on a pilgrimage to Hajj in mecca |
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shi'ites
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only direct descendant of muhammad can rule. they were led by ali, muhammad's son-in-law. conservative
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sunnis
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any capable muslim can be elected caliph. more liberal
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sufis
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seeking a personal, mystical connection to god. the abbasid dynasty
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umayyad dynasty
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sunnis. victory over ali. period of expansion to the west: spain, and attempts into southern france
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golden age of abbasids
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overthrew the umayyads (except spain). ruled form baghdad.
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merovingian family
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ruled francia before charlemagne's family
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merovinginas
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descendants of clovis
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clovis
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married a christian woman and became orthadox
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administration of the merovingians
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had an itinerary court. no capital the king would wonder form 1 wealthy home to the next. no big castle that they lived in. land is divided between sons. the king calls upon the men that are on his land when he wants to go to war - the men must provide an army for the king
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charles martel
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son of pepin hershtal. led battle of pointiers and defeats muslim army, forcing hem back into spain
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pepin the shart
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son of charles. becomes king of franks. pushes out merovingians. crowned by pope. becomes first king of franks
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wifre of clovis II
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balthild. a slave from britain
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