Medieval Foundations and The Age of Charlemagne

Scandinavian Norsemen

________ " (Northmen) "explored Europe by its seas and rivers for trade, raids, colonization, and conquest due to a lack of arable land and overpopulation on that land.

Pepin

________ was the first king of the Carolingian Dynasty, sworn to protect the Papcy.

Franks

Clovis I was one of the first Merovingian kings (named after the ________ legendary leader, Merovech)

polytheistic religion

The Vikings observed a(n) ________, but gradually converted to Christianity.

Charlemagne

________ became the first Roman Emperor since 476 ad.

Charles the Great

________, a.k.a Charlemagne, created an empire through military conquest that would unite Western Europe.

William the Conqueror

________ (Duke of Normandy) conquered England in 1066.

formal language of Western Europe

Latin became the ________ and The Church (Roman Heritage redefined and linked to the Church and to the Monarchs)

Significance

________: coming together of Germanic power, Roman heritage, and the Roman Catholic Church.

Goths

The ________ were an East Germanic tribe originating in Scandinavia (specifically Gotaland and Gotland)

Christianity

________ became the religion of Western Europe.

Charles Martels son

________, Pepin the Short, fought the Lombards (Germanic force, invading central Itay)

Vandals

The ________ were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century.

Northern Italy

The Lombards were a Germanic people who established a kingdom in ________.

Clovis I

In 496 CE (AD), facing defeat in battle, ________ called upon the Christian god to deliver him from his enemies.

Vikings

________ settled in the areas known today as Russia, Iceland, and Greenland, and briefly in North America.