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| Writer who one generation after Chaucer, solidified many of the legends about King Arthur |
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| Writer who represented Aruthur as a conquerer of Western Europe in his book History of the Kings of Britain |
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| Popularized stories about King Arthur with his book Le Morte d'Arthur |
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| Germanic tribe that as both Arian Christians and had a history of persecuting Catholic subjects |
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| Governed the largest Frankish kingdom |
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| Germanic tribe, like the Burgundians, that as both Arian Christians and had a history of persecuting Catholic subjects |
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| Time period beginning when Pepin the Short overthrew the last Merof the Merovignian Kings and was named King of the Franks |
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| Bells rung 7 times/day calling monks to prayer. Became the way villagers kept track of time |
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| Pope who reformed the church to what we know as the medieval Catholic Church |
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| Civil state surrounding the City of Rome. The Pope served as King of the area. |
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| The Patriarch of Constantinople who debated Gregory on the resurrection stating that our resurrected bodies would be "impalpable, more light than air". |
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| Appointed Gregory I to be his chief advisor, assistant, and personal secretary. |
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| "Rules of the Master" a common set of rules those who lived in the monostary had to live by, transforming monastacism into a force the church could use for educational and missionary purposes, and to test the faith oand devotion of those who would devote their livesto the service of God. |
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| Monastary where Benedict wrote the Benedictine Rule |
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| More self-abusive version fo Benedictine Rule practiced by the Orthodox Church in the East. |
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| Location for the new capitol, moved by Charlemagne near the border of Germany, Belgium, and Holland |
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| Placed the inmperial crown on Charlemagne's head, anointed him, and named him Holy Roman Emperor, which outraged the Byzantines (Though C.'s empire was lager) |
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| Treaty under which Charlemagne's three sons divided up the kingdom. The boundaries eventually became modern France, Germany, and Italy. |
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| Inhabitants of northern Scandanavian countries who headed south to raid and plunder the rest of Europe. Troublemakers. |
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| Allowed farming in clay soils, aaerated the oil, and created natural drainage to the fields, allowed for the growth of wheat |
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| The most successful of the groups of cities who got together to control trade in their region. They even controlled shipping in the Baltic Sea |
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| A device that put the load on the horse's shoulders instead of neck, allowing it to pull heavier loads. |
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| three -crop rotation system |
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| Increased food production by 50-67% by replentishing Nitrogen in the soil. Rotated crops in the fields. |
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| Provided power to grind wheat or meet other manufacturing needs in flat areas of land, like the Netherlands, where water wheels weren't as effective. |
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| Appointment of Bishops by local lords instead of by the Pope, ensuring the local people had some control in the church |
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| During the English's fight for England against the Vikings, Danelaw was the name given to the Eastern half, reflecing its Danish (Norse) kingship |
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| Great battle between William (Norwegian) and Harold (English) near England's southern coast in 1066 |
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| Masterpiece depicting the conflict betweeh William and Harold at the Battle of Hastings |
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| A complete cencus of what William owned from the Anglo-Saxon word for Judgement Day (also Domeday) |
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| William's son who conqured the other two and took the two kingdoms for himself. |
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| Based the law on precendent rather than a code like the Code of Justinian. |
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| Husband of Matilda (Henry I daughter) who ruled a large area of France |
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| Matilda's son who took control of the kingdom after Henry I died |
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| One of the most popular pilgrimage destinations |
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| Docment drawn by the nobles limiting the power of the King |
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| Richard I, the Lionhearted |
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| Successor and son of Henry II |
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| Good friend of Henry II who was appointed to be Bishop of Canterbury, the highest religious postion in England. |
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| Foremost among the Venetian oriental traders. While in China found favor with the Khan and became advisor and ambassador for his government. |
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| Pope who called for a holy crusade to free the Holy Land from Muslim control |
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| Burial site of St. James. The most popular pilgrimage site near NW tip of Spain. |
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| Most important of the councils to combat corruption and to reform various church practices. Held in the Lateran palace in Rome |
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| Some of the greatest scholars of the medieval time period formed by a synergistic relationship between Jews and Muslims |
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| Spaniard who saw problems with Benedictine wealth, he with others took vows of obedienca, poverty, and chastity. Begged for sustenance. |
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| Believed scriptures should be interpreted literally, contemplated the passion of Christ so intensely that he was the first to undergo stigmata. |
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| When the body takes on the marks of the cross. (Not a pleasant experience, I hear.) |
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| Famous Dominican well known for paintings (Fra means "brother") |
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| Famous Dominican well known for paintings (Fra means "brother") |
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| Composed of the trivium and quadrivium (Trivium: rhetoric, logic, and grammar) (Quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music) |
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| Wrote some of the more famous glossings. Distrusted knowledge not overseen by the church. Declared that unless the pursuit of knowledge was sanctified by a holy mission, it was a pagan act and therefore vile. |
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| (Socratic method) professor would ask a question based on one of the arguments and the student would respond based on the readings or on his own logic. |
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| Practice of expounding on one word or phrase in the scriptures and might have lasted for a long time. |
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| A generous donor to the arts faculty who left the university in Paris due to a lack of funding |
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| Belief that there is a basic agreement between philosophy (especially classical Greek) as understood through logic, and Christian theology, as given through revelation |
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| Great Dominican monk and preacher who taught Thomas Aquinas |
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| Became the greatest scholar since Augustine |
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| The only significant architechtural innovation during Byzantine political sagnation. Used in Orthodox Churches |
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| Name given to the new architecture because some thought it was barbarous or rude and that it did not follow the classical designs. |
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| Architecture in the Roman style with Arches and thick massive walls used to build fortresses and castles throughout Europe |
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| Church just outside of Paris which was the first to have Gothic architecture. |
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| Head of St-Denis who wanted to show his support for King Louis VI by making St-Denis the most important religious site in Europe |
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