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chapter 13 vocab

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middle ages
gradual decline of the Roman Empire ushered in a era of European history
franks
Germanic people who hold power
monasteries/convents
a church built religious communities
Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great)
head flt eh church in Rome, broadened the authority of the papacy or popes office beyond its spiritual role
secular
worldly, power involved in politics
Charles Martel
mayor and held more power then the king, christian hero
Pepin the shot
son of Charles Martel, shrewd coope rated with the pope
Carolingian Dynasty
the family that would rule the Franks from 751 to 987
Charlemange
Charles the Great, ruled the kingdom, son of Pepin the short
Treaty of Verdun
divided the empire into three kingdoms, signed bu Charlemagne's three sons
Vikings
northnern or Norsemen, Germanic people, worshiped war like gods
Magyars
a group of nomadic people, attacked the east, from what is now Hungary
lord
landowners
Fief
land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service
Vassal
person receiving a fief
knights
mounted horseman who pledged to defend their lord's lands in exchange for fiefs
serfs
people who couldn't awfully leave the place where they were born
manor
lord's estate
pope gelaslus
recognized the conflicts tat could arise between the two great forces; the church and state
Clergy
Religious officials
sacraments
important religious ceremonies
Canon Law
Church law
Otto I
Otto the great, king, most effective ruler of the midevil Germany
Holy Roman Empire
Roman empire of the German Nation that was created by Otto and was a German Italian empire
lay investiture
A ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials
Concordat of Worms
compromise reached by representatives of the church and emperor where they met in the German city of Worms
Frederick I
the first ruler to call his land the holy Roman Empire
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