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| Foundations of early medieval society |
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Roman culture
Christian beliefs
Customs of Germanic tribes |
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| What time period does the "middle ages" refer to? |
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| The time between the fall of Rome and the end of the Renaissance |
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| Whose authority grew as Roman authority declined? |
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| What type of culture did monasteries preserve? |
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| Greco-Roman (Greek and Roman) |
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| What did missionaries spread to the Germanic tribes? |
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| Christianity and the Latin alphabet |
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| Who did the Pope crown "Holy Roman Emperor" in 800 AD? |
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| What did parish priests do for the people of the Middle Ages? |
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| Served religoius and social needs (religous/secular education, performed ceremonies, took care of sick/poor) |
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| What is feudalism (the feudal system)? |
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The political and military system based on the owning of land
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| What was the vassal's relationship to the lord? |
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| The lord rented the vassal land in return for loyalty, military service, and taxes |
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| A peasant who is tied to the land and belongs to the lord |
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| Economic system based on farming and the self-sufficient manor |
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| Part of the fief outside the castle walls (farmland, village, mills, church...) |
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- King of Franks
- Holy Roman Emperor
- Revived Roman culture ("New Rome")
- Spread Christianity
- Built churches, roads, and schools
- Expanded trade
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| King of Franks - first to united Frankish tribes into one kingdom - first Germanic king to convert to Christianity |
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| What was significant about the Pope crowning Charlemagne "Holy Roman Emperor"? |
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- Power of Church was established in political life
- Increased power of both Charlemange and Pope
- United government and Church
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| Where did the Angles and Saxons settle? |
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| Where did the Magyars settle? |
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| Where did the Vikings come from? |
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| Where did the Vikings settle? |
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| Russia, France (Normandy), England, North America (Newfoundland) |
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| What was the impact of invasions by the Angles/Saxons, Magyars, and Vikings? |
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| Strengthened (reinforced) feudalism, disrupted trades, towns declined |
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