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37 Cards in this Set
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Justinian |
Emperor in Byzantine; the guy who never slept; builds Hagia Sophia |
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Eunuchs |
Court officials who can't become royal |
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"Fortaste of Heaven" |
Byzantine mass |
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Muhammad |
Last prophet of Islam |
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Manzikert |
1071; fight between Byzantines and Seljuk Turks |
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King Ostwald of Northumbria |
Runs Synod of Whitby |
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Synod of Whitby |
Its purpose was to choose between the usages of the Celtic and Roman. |
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Celtic Christianity |
Different date for Easter |
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Pippin the Short |
Last Mayor of the Palace; becomes King of the Franks |
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Missi Dominici |
"Messengers of the Lord" |
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Carolingian Empire |
Charlemagne rules all of Central Western Europe |
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Cluny |
Cluniac Monks try to clean up the church |
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Black Plague |
Bubonic Plague; hits Justinian's empire |
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The Rule of Saint Benedict |
Benedictine Rule; Constitution for monks |
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Vassal |
Part of feudalism; Person below you on feudal chart |
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Monasticism |
Monk or nun (life of silence) |
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Islam |
Means "Submission to god"; started by Muhammad |
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Charlemagne |
Creates Carolingian Empire; December 25th 800: Crowned as emperor by pope |
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Serfdom |
status of many peasants under feudalism |
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Papal States |
gift from Pippin the Short |
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Vikings |
Scandinavians who conquer England and raid Europe |
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Daneslaw |
When Vikings conquer everything but Wessex, there is Daneslaw |
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Eremitic |
Monks that live alone |
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Cenobitic |
Monks that live in groups |
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wergeld |
"Man price" |
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Mecca |
"holiest city in Islam" |
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Battle of Hastings |
1066; William the Conqueror defeats Harold Godwinson in England |
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Battle of Tours (732 A.D.) |
Charles Martel (the Mayor of the Palace) defeats the Moors at the Battle of Tours |
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Einhard |
Charlemagne's court historian; Life of Charlemagne |
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Excommunication |
Kicked out of church; immediately sent to hell |
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Abu Bakr |
1st caliph |
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Constantinople |
Capital of Byzantine Empire |
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Hugh Capet |
King of France; 987-1328 |
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Iconoclast |
"Image smashers" - Byzantines |
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Doomsday Book |
Caucus in England |
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Ottomans |
Conquer Byzantine Empire and Constantinople |
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Justinian Code |
Justinian comes up with legal system; basis of Roman law |
