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Abbot |
The superior (leader) in a community of monks. |
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Age of Faith |
Another name for the Early Middle Ages due to the fact that the Church was the dominant force throughout Europe. |
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Carolingian Dynasty |
A series of Frankish rulers lasting from 751 to 987: Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, Charlemagne, Louis the Pious, Lothair & Louis the German & Charles the Bald. |
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Charles Martel |
Carolingian monarch of Franks; responsible for defeating Muslims in Battle of Tours in 732; ended Muslim threat to western Europe. |
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Christendom |
Christian-dominated Western Europe of the Middle Ages. |
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Clergy |
A body of church officials who perform religious services. |
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Clovis |
First important ruler of the Merovingian Dynasty and is considered the founder of the French State; he defeated the last great Roman army in Gaul and went on to form the first Frankish Kingdom. |
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Count |
A medieval European term for middle level nobility. It is the equivalent to an Earl in England. |
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Dark Ages |
400-900. The cultural decline after the fall of Rome, little records or evidence of time period; also known as the Early Middle Ages. |
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Eric The Red |
Discovered Greenland while banished from his country; named it Greenland to entice colonists to settle. |
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Franks |
Germanic people who lived and held power in Gaul. First leader was Clovis; by 511 they had united into one kingdom and they controlled the largest and strongest parts of Europe. |
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Knight |
A warrior, who served to protect his lord and king in exchange for land; followed a strict Code of Chivalry. |
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Lay investiture |
The appointment of bishops and abbots by secular rulers, often in exchange for temporal protection. |
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Leif Ericson |
A Norse (Viking) Explorer who discovered Newfoundland and was possibly the first European to travel to North America; father was Eric the Red. |
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longship |
The name of a Viking longboat. |
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Lord |
Landowner who protected vassal, granted fiefs, defended honor of vassals family, guaranteed the vassal justice in court. |
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Medieval |
Another name for the Middle Ages. |
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Merovingian Dynasty |
Family that ruled the Franks from the 500s to the 700s; the kingdom of Clovis and Charles Martel spread Christianity throughout France and expanded its territories. |
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Missi Dominici |
Agents of Emperor Charlemagne who traveled throughout the empire to check the condition of the roads, listen to grievances, and see that justice was done. |
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Monk |
A man who has taken a solemn vow to devote his life to prayer and service in a monastery. |
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Pepin the Short |
He was Charles Martel's son. He defeated the Lombards and gave their land to the Pope. This territory became the Papal States. |
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Pope Gregory I |
Broadened the authority of the papacy, or pope's office, beyond spiritual role; papacy became secular power involved in politics. |
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Saint Benedict |
In the sixth century, wrote a set of rules to guide a community of monks he founded. The community became the model for monasticism in the Catholic Church and the Benedictine rule came to be used by other monastic groups. |
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Saint Patrick |
A bishop remembered for his work in Ireland. He taught people about the Holy Trinity using a shamrock. |
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Scholastica |
Sister of Benedict; adapted his Rule for nuns. |
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Treaty of Verdun |
Treaty that divided up the empire of Charlemagne after his death. |