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European Medieval History
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Althing
Definition
Icelandic meeting of 4 quarters to discuss culture/law
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feud
Definition
dispute
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thegn/thane
Definition
miles (servant or soldier)
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wergild
Definition
money paid for injuring foe
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capitulary
Definition
legislative acts from Charlemagne's court
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Aachen
Definition
Charlemagne bathed there; spent winters there; lots of coronations there
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Danegeld
Definition
tribute to Viking raiders
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burgh
Definition
fortified settlement
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Burghal Hidage
Definition
allocated more land outside of walls to provide resources to Burgh
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Charles I "The Great"
Definition
Charlemagne- thirst for knowledge, bad writer, but he practiced- fluent in Greek and Latin, Einhard/Notker the Stammerer
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Louis the Pious
Definition
814-840, son of Charles, father of Louis and Charles and Lothair
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Nithard
Definition
wrote Histories in 842/43 (troubles with Louis' sons between 840-43), commissioned by Charles the Bald
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Grimbald
Definition
expert that Alfred sought out
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Erik the Red
Definition
founded first Nordic settlement in Greenland; outlaw; banished from Iceland
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Aethelweard
Definition
son of Alfred
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Alfred the Great
Definition
king of Wessex in late 9th century; translated works of Latin fathers
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saga
Definition
ancient tale
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iter
Definition
itinerary; king comes to subjects, royal iter=protection
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gothi
Definition
Icelandic priest/chieftain (pre-Christian)
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charter
Definition
document conferring rights
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seal
Definition
proves authentication by royal leader
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missi
Definition
official commissioned by Frankish king to supervise administration; dependent on king for power
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Mark/march
Definition
zone of frontier expansion
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John Scotus Eriugena
Definition
Irish philosopher;
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Henry I
Definition
king of Germany in 10th Century
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Otto I
Definition
son of Henry, married Edith then Adelaide; campaigned in Italy and Eastern Europe
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Otto III
Definition
son of Otto II and Theophanu; she ruled while he was too young
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Henry II
Definition
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Saxons
Definition
Germany, always fighting with Franks
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Slavs
Definition
fought Ottonians
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Avars
Definition
conquered by Charlemagne in 790s, Slavic tribe
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Asser
Definition
wrote Life of King Alfred
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Battle of Lechfeld
Definition
Otto I defeated Magyars
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Liber Pontificalis
Definition
book of biographies of 8th century popes
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Wearmouth Jarrow
Definition
English monastery founded by Benedict Biscop
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rood
Definition
crucifix
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hide
Definition
unit of land used to assess tax
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relics
Definition
parts of saints
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reliquary
Definition
container for relics
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Magyars
Definition
Hungarians; defeated by Otto I
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Hrabanus Maurus
Definition
Carolingian thought
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familiaritas
Definition
proximity to the king
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Hofkapelle
Definition
court/entourage (circle of advisers)
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eucharist
Definition
communion, debated whether it was body of Jesus
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skraeling
Definition
people from Greenland before it was settled
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Greenland
Definition
discovered by Erik the Red
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Vinland
Definition
Norsemen went to this part of North America
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Iceland
Definition
Erik banished from here; Vikings settled it
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Royal Frankish Annals
Definition
chronicles Charlemagne's reign
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Bamberg
Definition
town that Henry II made as a separate diocese in order to make it a family inheritance
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Merseburg
Definition
Thietmar's hometown
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iconoclasm
Definition
destruction of icons
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Benedict Biscop
Definition
founded Wearmouth Jarrow
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abbot
Definition
leader of monastery
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Oaths of Strasbourg
Definition
pledges between Louis and Charles against Lothair
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Bede
Definition
wrote Lives of Abbots of W-J; student of Benedict Biscop
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Boniface
Definition
from Wessex; propagated Christianity in Francia
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Claudius of Turin
Definition
taught iconoclasm; court of Louis the Pious
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Alcuin
Definition
court of Charlemagne; wrote to Ethelred about sack of Lindisfarne
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Lindisfarne
Definition
attacked by Vikings in 793
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Thietmar
Definition
wrote Chronicon; self-loathing
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Indiculus Loricatorum
Definition
bishops send knihts in case of battle
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Paschasius Radbertus
Definition
wrote the Lord's Body and Blood; believed in Eucharist
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manuscript
Definition
hand-written document
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cardinal
Definition
one poisition below pope
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Paul the Deacon
Definition
wrote History of the Lombards
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Harold Fair-Hair
Definition
king of Norway; persecuted Vikings
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parchment
Definition
material used for manuscripts or codexes
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vellum
Definition
mammal skin for writing on; used for manuscripts
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caroline miniscule
Definition
script used in Charlemagne's empire; codices were written in this font
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codex
Definition
formatted like a modern book; replaced scroll
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scriptorium
Definition
room in monastery for copying manuscripts
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Plan of St Gall
Definition
layout of monastery of St Gall
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Einhard the Small
Definition
wrote Life of Charlemagne; swimming and bathing
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Notker the Stammerer
Definition
wrote another Life of Charlemagne; Charles could see others without being seen
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Capitulary de Villis
Definition
how to govern royal, rural estate; livestock, food, stewards
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theodicy
Definition
how Christians explain suffering
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exegesis
Definition
line-by-line analysis of Bible- Alcuin wrote one
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gift culture
Definition
gift giving
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sacramentary
Definition
book with priest's words celebrating mass; Charlemagne copied Gregorian sacramentary for all his churces so that they could be unified in practice
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lectionary
Definition
book with collection of scripture readings for a given day
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pandect
Definition
complete book of legal codes
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Vikings
Definition
fled Norway, settled Iceland, attacked Lindisfarne
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Gragas
Definition
laws written by Althing
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illumination
Definition
manuscript with pictures
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Landnamabok
Definition
Icelandic book of settlements; where certain people live
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