Early Middle Ages
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 the mayor of the place | works for the king, right-hand person, eventually appoints the new king |
| Charles Martel | Frankish King who defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours in 732. |
| Henry II | Duke of Normandy, he and eleanor gained more land than the French king himself |
| Philip IV | formed the Estates-General (gave king advice when needed), wants to limit pope power and strengthen monarchy |
| Gregory VII | A pope who is trying to reform some political issues that had arisen with the church, ended LAY INVESTITURE (strengthened Pope power) |
| Reconquista | Christian troops drive Muslims out of Spain altogether |
| Charlemagne's religious "identification" and impact on his reign | Charlemagne helps and protects Leo III and so is named Holy Roman Emperor. This gives him a weapon against Lumbards, power to reform church (positive impact) |
| Impact of Carolingian Renaissance | Reform, restores culture, more literacy, poetry reemerges, more history written down, stain-glassed windows, merging of Germanic and Roman styles |
| Obligations of serfs | Bound to land, held the land together through work, taxation (paid taxes), and FARMING (serfs are essential, needed), |
| Self-sufficiency and manorialism | Self-sufficiency was not trading; a city was self-sufficient, little to no contact with other cities. Manorialism is an economic structure that runs under feudalism - has a castle, a village, and two churches |
| Role of the Catholic church in European politics | Catholic church was involved in the vassal system because they could have their own vassals |
| Feudalism (England vs. France) | England lost control over vassals, vassals took over, France had vassals that usually had more power, but didn't take over - monarch tried to increase power. France puts few limits on the power of the monarchy --- opposite of England |
| The impact of the Magna Carta | First document to hold the rights of man, lead to the Constitution...etc. |
| Significance of "interregnum" in Holy Roman Empire's structure | Time of no emperor, no one had enough power to rise (decentralized), came up with the idea of elections to solve problems |
| Impact of the Crusades on Europe | x |
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