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| refers to the Greek, Hellenistic Roman, and Judaic monotheistic elements that distinguish the culture of the East from the Latin West. |
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| a Byzantine emperor. His rule was the pinnacle of Byzantine history. Codified and revised the Roman law in Corpus Jurius Civilus. His empire had many large cities and was the crossroads of Asian and European civilizations. |
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| wife of Justinian. The daughter of a circus bear trainer. She equaled her husband in intelligence and exceeded him in toughness. |
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| formerly Byzantium. Was rebuilt by Constantine and renamed after himself. Remained the capital of the old Roman and new Byzantine empires. It is now called Istanbul. |
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| taught that Christ had a single, immortal nature and was not a union of eternal God and mortal man. |
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| an emperor acting as if he held authority over the church as well as over his kingdom. |
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| the destruction of sacred images in worship. |
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| issued in 313, in the names of the Emperors Constantine and Licinius gave Christians a favored status within the empire |
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| a great organizer of Western monoasticism. Established a monastery in Italy, and founded the form of monasticism, Benedictine. |
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| The doctrine that the popes are the direct successors to the Apostle Peter and, as such, heads of the church. |
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| a chieftain who converted to orthodox Christianity around 496, and founded the first Frankish dynasty, the Merovingians. |
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| a West Germanic tribal confederation first attested in the 3rd century as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. |
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| Land granted to a vassal in exchange for services, usually military |
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| So deaf people can enjoy them too |
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| Anglo-Saxon Missionary. The Most important of the German clergy who served Carolingian Kings |
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| Territory in central Italy ruled by the pope until 1870. |
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| Son of Pepin the Short. Continued the roles of his father as papal protector in Italy and his policy of territorial conquest in the north. |
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| a revival of the old Roman Empire in the West. Ruled by Charlemagne. |
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| Village farms owned by a lord. |
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| peasants tied to the land they tilled |
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| A medieval innovation that increased the amount of land under cultivation by leaving only one-third fallow in a given year. |
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| divided the empire into three equal parts. Brought peace to Louis’s surviving heirs. |
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| North men who swept into Europe from Scandinavia. A term for Scandinavian people who visited Europe alternatively as gregarious soldiers and savage raiders. |
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| The majority ethnic group in Hungary. |
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| The social, political, military, and economic system that prevailed in the Middle Ages and beyond in some parts of Europe. |
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| ruled over their domains as miniature kingdoms. Maintained their own armies and courts, regulated local tolls, and minted their own coins. |
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| A person granted an estate or cash payments in return for accepting the obligation to render services to a lord. |
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| An oath of loyalty by a vassal to a lord, promising to perform specified services. |
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