Early Jewish-Christian sect who lived near Jeruselem.

First/Second Century

Notable early Christian leader.  Founded lots of communities around the Mediterranian Sea which eventually formed Christianity.

1st Century

A Byzantine emperor who was the greatest ruler of late antiquity.  He is best known for his law code and for overseeing the construction os the Church of Hagia Sophia.

Sixth century

The legal code developed by Justinian.  It emphasized that the law should "give everyone his due."  IT is the most influential legal collection in human history.

sixth century

Gifted ruler who ascended the throne of the Byzantine empire.  In 622 and 629 he defeated the Persians.

Seventh century

One of the leaders of the byzantine empire.  He founded a new religious policy: iconoclasm, which forbade images depicting religious things inside religious insitutions.  Ultimately led to the divide between the orthodox and roman catholic churches.

8th century

Basil I, a Byzantine king, established the macedonian dynasty (which ran effectively until the eleventh century.)  He won important military victories.

9th Century

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The name applied to the different Anglo-Saxton kingdoms in Britian.  Recognized as: Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex and Wessex.

12th Century

Called "king of all the English."  England was being reunified under his rule until Vikings attacked.  Afterwards he rallied the English and started a slow recovery.

Late 8th century.

King of one of the groups of Franks.  Led many military victories that brought territorial gains, plunder, and tribune.  Greatest success was in 507 - defeating the Visigoths.

6th Century

Charles the Great.  Made Christianity the main religion of the Roman Empire.  Ruled during the Carolingent renassaince.

9th Century

A French defeat during the 100 Years War that caused urban and rural revolts.

14th Century

Father of Charlemagne who slyly came to power by asking the Pope why the "person who had all the power in the land of the Franks was not the king."

8th Century

12/25/800

The day that Pope Leo III made Charlemagne the Roman Emperor.

The smartest man of his time.  Was recruited by Charlemagne to produce textbooks and teach.  Mostly copied the bible.  Also set up a powerful network of scholars.

8th-9th century.

A specific ethos that belonged to nobility.  The code of conduct for mounted warriors.  Held masculine, militant qualities to high esteem. For knights.

13th century.

an institution best described as a powerful lord controling the lives of an often large number of peasants.

10-14 centuries.

A forged document that gave Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire to Rome from Constantine.

8th Century

Pope who fiercely opposed the church appointments of Henry IV (someone who was a terrible ruler).

11th Century

The journey made by Henry IV to remove Pope Gregory VII from power.

11th Century

A series of Holy Wars staged by the church to take back Jeruselem from the Muslims.

11th, 12th, and 13th century

The Council of Clermont brought together laymen and church leaders of the Catholic church to discuss reforms and crusades.  Pope Urban II kicked off the event, trying to get people to back the crusades.

Eleventh Century

A Christian society of knights assembled for crusading.

11th century.

States created by Western European crusaders.  They converted the areas they conquered into states.

11th, 12th, 13th centuries.

A movement that strove to prove that Christianity is rational, lol.

13th century.

One of the brightest of his time.  Developed an understanding of Aristotle that was unmatched by anyone else.  An important figure in the medieval intellectual movement.

13th century

Scholastic theologian who wrote Four Books of Sentences - which became a standard tool of teaching theology.  His works were a precursor to Aquinas'.

12th Century

A Dominican theologian and the greatest of the Scholastics.  Tried to prove that God exists.  His arguments are used even today to try to justify rational faith.

13th Century

Trivium - A medieval teaching method consisting of grammar, logic, and rhetoric.

Quadrivium - Four additional things to be learned. Geometry, math, music, and astronomy.

13th century?

A thought process that emerged that stressed the dignity of human nature.  "If man is good, his framework is good." BARRRRRRRRRRF

13th Century

The expansion of the Latin church was paralleled by what Bartlett calls the "aristocratic diaspora" - a movement among the predominantly Frankish aristocracies to acquire new and more substantial lordships in lands ranging from Sicily to Ireland, from Pomerania to Spain.  Was often violent.

13th, 14th centuries?