World History Chapter 8 Test Review

The Frankish royal house named after Charlemagne

Known as the "apostle of the Germans"

"Father of Western Monasticism

A knights strict code of behavior

Emperor of The land between east and west frankland

"Charles the great", greatest Carolingian king

Mayor of the palace that seized the throne in 752

Head of the Frankish tribe, "king of the Franks"

Majority of those living on the manor; midway between ancient slave and freeman

Decree by which the church forbade the pillage of its property and extended protection to all non-combatants in society

Symbolic act by which The Lord gave the vassal the right of use of a fief

Land grants given in return for service

Most powerful Germanic in the early Middle Ages; ruled by Merovingian and Carolingian house

Ceremony by which a man becomes a vassal and thus eligible for a fief

Carolingian Miniscule

Most distinguished scholars of Western Europe

Treaty that split the empire into 3 separate kingdoms

Brought the gospel to Ireland

Celibacy

A religious act that grants grace

"Common" or "well-known"

Vow taken by a vassal pledging faithfulness in their lord

Received easy frankland

Seventh-century Merovingian kings who reigned but did not rule

Recipient of a fief who owned alliengance to a lord

Receive west Frankland

Lords had fiefs, vassals had parts on the fiefs

Parceling out portions of a fief to gain the services of lesser nobles

Castle

Principal palace official under the Merovingian house

Battle that stopped Muslim expansion

Took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to the the abbot

Landholding noble in feudalism

Leaders if the church; conducted religious services

Those who did not take "holy orders"

Messengers sent in pairs by Charlemagne throughout his empire to ensure the enforcement of his policies on the local level

An object from the past

Roman Catholic belief that during the Holy Eucharist that priest transforms the bread and wine into the actual blood and body of christ

Hailed as pope of Rome

The center of medieval society, a self contained farming controlled by a lord and farmed by a peasant

A political system in which local rulers offered the people protection in return for their service

Mock war; included two types of contests, the joust and melee

Center of learning in the realm

Symbolic act by which The Lord gave to the vassal the right of use of a fief

The land reserved for the lord

Charles"the hammer", became famous for the battle of tours