HIS 101 Final Terms Questions and Answers
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Carolingian Renaissance
Ans: A cultural and intellectual revival in Europe- After the collapse of the Roman
Empire, Western Europe saw a sharp decline in literacy, art, architecture, urban
populations, and pretty much every aspect of civilization. Traditionally, historians
have referred to this period as the Dark Ages. Charles the Great, aka Charlemagne,
forged the Frankish Empire, which covered most of Western Europe including
modern day France, Germany, Switzerland, much of Austria, and Northern Italy. In
800 CE, he was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III. His attempts to
regain the glory of Classical civilization gave rise to an explosion of culture known
today as the Carolingian Renaissance.
Charles Martel
Ans: The Battle of Tours (often called the Battle of Poitiers, but not to be confused
with the Battle of Poitiers, 1356) was fought on October 10, 732 between forces
under the Frankish leader Charles Martel and a massive invading Islamic army led by
Emir Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi Abd al Rahman, near the city of Tours, France. During
the battle, the Franks defeated the Islamic army and Emir Abd er Rahman was killed.
Charlemagne/ Charles the Great**
Ans: Charlemagne (c.742-814), also known as Karl and Charles the Great, was a
medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814. In 771,
Charlemagne became king of the Franks. He embarked on a mission to unite all
Germanic peoples into one kingdom, and convert his subjects to Christianity.In 800,
Pope Leo III (750-816) crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Romans. In this role, he
encouraged the Carolingian Renaissance, a cultural and intellectual revival in Europe.
When he died in 814, Charlemagne's empire encompassed much of Western Europe,
and he had also ensured the survival of Christianity in the West. Today, Charlemagne
is referred to by some as the father of Europe.
Vikings
Ans: Vikings (from Old Norse víkingr) were Germanic Norse seafarers, speaking the
Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Scandinavian homelands
across wide areas of northern and central Europe, as well as European Russia, during
the late 8th to late 11th centuries.[1][2] The term is also commonly extended in
modern English and other vernaculars to the inhabitants of Viking home
communities during what has become known as the Viking Age. This period of Norse
military, mercantile and demographic expansion constitutes an important element in
the early medieval history of Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Kievan Rus' and
Sicily.[3]
Fedalism
Ans: the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held
lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn
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tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on
their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally
in exchange for military protection.
William the Conqueror
Ans: Military Leader, King. William the Bastard,[2][a] was the first Norman King of
England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. The descendant of Viking
raiders, he had been Duke of Normandy since 1035 under the style William II. After a
long struggle to establish his power, by 1060 his hold on Normandy was secure, and
he launched the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The rest of his life was
marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands
and by difficulties with his eldest son.
Crusades
Ans: The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Latin Roman Catholic
Church during the High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages. In 1095, Pope Urban II
proclaimed the First Crusade with the stated goal of restoring Christian access to
holy places in and near Jerusalem.
Capetian Dynasty
Ans: The Capetian dynasty /kəˈpiːʃⁱən/, also known as the House of France, is a
dynasty of Frankish origin, founded by Hugh Capet. It is among the largest and
oldest European royal houses, consisting of Hugh Capet's male-line descendants.
Magna Carta
Ans: By 1215, thanks to years of unsuccessful foreign policies and heavy taxation
demands, England's King John was facing down a possible rebellion by the country's
powerful barons. Under duress, he agreed to a charter of liberties known as the
Magna Carta (or Great Charter) that would place him and all of England's future
sovereigns within a rule of law. Though it was not initially successful, the document
was reissued (with alterations) in 1216, 1217 and 1225, and eventually served as the
foundation for the English system of common law. Later generations of Englishmen
would celebrate the Magna Carta as a symbol of freedom from oppression, as would
the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, who in 1776 looked to the
charter as a historical precedent for asserting their liberty from the English crown.
King John 1
Ans: "bad king john" - John was a king of England who is most famous for signing
the Magna Carta. - His repressive policies and ruthless taxation to fund the warin
France brought him into conflict with his barons which became known as the Barons
War. In 1215 rebel baron leaders marched on London where they were welcomed by
an increasing band of defectors from John's royalist supporters. Their demands were
drawn up in a document which became the known as the Magna Carta
Papal Monarchy
Ans: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250; the doctrine of the Roman Catholic
Church that the pope, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ and as pastor of the
entire Christian Church, has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole