These are the Notes for Tomorrows Quiz
- Germanic warriors' loyalty is to the lord of the manor
- The new society has roots in customs of various Germanic tribes
- Only priest and church officials could read and write
- French and Franks
- Population shifts became rural areas
- By 511 the Franks are united into one kingdom, with Clovis and the Church working as partners
- In 520, Benedict writes rules for monks
- Vows of poverty (live simply in monasteries)
- Chastity (no marital relations)
- Obedience (listen to church superiors)
- His sister Scholastica writes similar rules for nuns
- Church revenues are used to help the poor
- Christendom: combination of Christianity and a kingdom
- Most of the rest of Europe consists of smaller kingdoms (seven in England alone)
- Clovis' descendants include Charles Martel, known as Charles the Hammer
- Charles Martel's son is Pepin the Short
- Charlemagne - aka Charles the Great
* Know "Charlemagne takes center stage & [cont'd] *
- Treaty of Verdun
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