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name of second frankish dynasty of kings |
carolingian |
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a noble who ruled a county or other small region during charlemagnes time; later a high ranking noble |
count |
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highest ranking noble |
duke |
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a frontier area along the border of a country, especially one subject to attack and needing strong defense |
march |
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in the middle ages, the military ruler of a march |
margrave |
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large district in central italy ruled by popes from 775-1870 |
papal states |
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a room in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts |
scriptorium |
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literally a mans price or worth |
wergild |
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west frankland |
charles the bald |
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east frankland |
louis the german |
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middle kingdom |
lothar |
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charlemagnes people that were assigned to travel in pairs through the empire checking on courts and the state of the empire |
missi dominici |
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charlemagnes capital city: |
aix-la-chapelle |
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the time of great learning during charlemagnes reign was the time known as the carolingian __________ |
renaissance |
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the greatest scholar brought to charlemagnes court came from __________ |
england |
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treaty of verdun was made in ________ |
843 |
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magyars were a(n) ________ tribe |
asiatic |
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a succession of rulers from the same family |
dynasty |
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watercolor paintings done on wet plaster |
fresco |
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religious picture or image |
icon |
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a manuscript decorated with gold, colors, pictures or designs |
illuminated manuscripts |
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decoration or picture made of small pieces of stone, glass, wood, and so forth set in a frame |
mosaic |
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a member of a social class that were servants of the king and were given land in exchange for military service most were lesser nobles, soldiers, and ministers |
thanes |
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founder of the english kingdom |
alfred the great |
