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Byzantine empire |
476-1453; connection between Europe and Asia, kept the Roman Empire alive when the west well and went into the dark ages, no pope, run by patriarch, creates orthodox church |
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Justinian |
500s; rewrites the legal codes, women had more rights, his wife (Thoedora) was very influential, built the Hagia Sophia (biggest church at the time) |
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(east) Patriarch wants to ban icons (west) Pope says no, they are important to the poor/illeterate |
Patriarch breaks off of catholic church because of this (and whether priests could be married), becomes the Orthodox Church |
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Dark Ages |
500; no more education, trade |
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3 isms of the Dark Ages |
feudalism (military/society), manorialism (economic) and catholicism (church) |
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Charles Martel |
732, Frank, fought Muslims from expanding in Tours, won |
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Charlemagne |
800; conquers France, Germany and Northern Italy, saved Pope from rebellions, FIRST HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, split the empire into 3 |
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Vikings |
reason for feudalism (for protection from them), explorers in new world, traders in east, criminals in europe |
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fief |
piece of the lord's land in return for the knight's pledge to him |
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William the conqueror |
(1066) invades and conquers England, first king of united England; uses the feudal system and says that everyone is HIS vassel, everyone listens to HIM, HE is the most high king |
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tithe |
church taxes |
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monks/monastaries |
preserve history, reading, writing through the dark ages |
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canon law |
legal system of the church |
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Vladimere |
makes Russia Orthodox (afraid of Pope) |
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real power of the church |
comes from the control of the sacraments |
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crusades |
created hatred between Muslims and Christians, western europe starts trading, church looks good from this, feudalism is disrupted |
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village vs town |
peasants out in the open; allowed to build walls, have weapons |
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merchant guilds |
run the town |
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craft guilds |
work conditions, wages, social service |
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lay investiture |
when a king would appoint someone into church office |
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concordat of worms |
fixed issue of lay investiture; contract, only the Pope can name people into church office, but the emperor has the authority to say yes/no, shares the naming right |
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common law |
created by Henry II in England, uses precedant (base punishment off of prior events), precedant is still used today, does not apply to the king |
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magna carta |
King John was forced to sign this, its an agreement between kings and nobles, due process (rights for the people), laws apply to EVERYONE, taxes must be approved by the great council |
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100 years war |
1340-1453; England vs France; French wins, England creates the Power of the Purse, both countries have governments going in different directions; MARKED THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES |
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Joan of Arc |
french leader, turned the tide of the 100 years war |
