Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Notes for Test


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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