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54 Cards in this Set
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greatest of reforming popes |
Gregory VII |
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pope that believed church over state |
Gregory VII |
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who prohibited laymen from appointing a person to church office |
Greogory VII |
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who excommunicated Henry IV |
Gregory VII |
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papal power and prestige reached its zenith under what pope? |
Innocent III |
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who likened their authority to the sun and the kings to the moon |
Innocent III |
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who excercised extensive authority over church and state |
Innocent III |
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first of the Saxon line of German kings |
Henry the Fowler |
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repelled Slav and Magyar raids |
Henry the Fowler |
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concerned with strengthening his own duchy |
Henry the Fowler |
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Henry the Fowler's son |
Otto I |
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one of the strongest German kings |
Otto I |
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German king that sought to assert his royal authority to other duchies |
Otto I |
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German king that won over the Magyars |
Otto I |
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German king that made powerful bishops his vassals |
Otto I |
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who founded the Holy Roman Empire |
Otto I |
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who was called Barbarossa? |
Frederick I |
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what does Barbarossa mean |
Red Beard |
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king that sought to restore glory to the Holy Roman Empire |
Frederick I |
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German king that married his son to heiress of Sicily |
Frederick I |
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last notable Hohenstaufen ruler |
Frederick II |
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heir to German and Sicily throne |
Frederick II |
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whose court became the leading center of culture |
Frederick II |
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who gave up the throne of Sicily and went back on his promise? |
Frederick II |
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German king that devoted all his attention to Italy, letting feudal princes do whatever |
Frederick II |
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whose death marked the end of the Holy Roman Empire |
Frederick II |
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ruler of Wessex |
Alred the Great |
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king that defeated the Danes |
Alfred the Great |
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who laid the foundation for a unified English monarchy |
Alfred the Great |
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"founder of English navy" |
Alfred the Great |
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who divided their realm into shires? |
Alfred the Great |
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what king lived up to the name "the Great"? |
Alfred the Great |
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how did Alfred the Great live up to his name? |
he built schools, churches, and invited scholars to his court
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why Edward the Confessor called "the Confessor"? |
because of his devotion to God |
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English king that died without an heir |
Edward the Confessor |
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after Edward the Confessor died, who was elected the new king by nobles? |
Harold, earl of Wessex |
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who claimed Edward the Confessor gave him the throne after Edward's death? |
William, French duke of Normandy |
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what year did the Battle of Hastings take place? |
1066 |
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who was killed at the Battle of Hastings? |
Harold, earl of Wessex |
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who won at the Battle of Hastings? |
William, French duke of Normandy |
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who established the Norman dynasty? |
William, French duke of Normandy |
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what outcome altered the course of English history |
Battle of Hastings |
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who founded the Plantagenet family? |
Henry II |
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how did the Norman line come to an end? |
William's sons died without an heir |
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English king that possessed more wealth and territory outside of England than within |
Henry II |
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who established circuit courts? |
Henry II |
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how did Henry II try to strengthen his authority over the church? |
appointing his friend Thomas a Becket archbishop |
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king that called Thomas a Becket |
Henry II |
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Henry II's oldest son |
Richard I |
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who was known as the "the Lion-Hearted" |
Richard I |
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who spent only six months of their reign in England |
Richard I |
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who is the brother of Richard I that plotted to overthrow him? |
John |
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whose reign provides the setting for the adventures of Robin Hood? |
Richard I |
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who was an able warrior and admired Crusader? |
Richard I |
