Hist Quiz 3

Goths = Germanic speaking people 

• Harsh treatment by rome and revolted 

  • Visigoths = treaty with rome 

 Germanic Tribes = goths; group of people from northern europe 

Pogroms = ethnic cleansing of jews 

flagellant movement = God is sending the plague b/c we are sinners 

• Punish themselves before god to not get the plague 

• Wip yourself 

• Open wounds make it easier to get the plague 

 100 Years’ War = 116 yr long war

• on and off = longest in western history 

• Between england and france 

 Black Death – Causes and Cures = god = flagellant movement, jews = pogrom, planets = sol, bad air = masks

Mongols = Asia 

Three heirs of Rome = byzantines, islam, latin west 

Byzantine Empire = east roman empire; greek-speaking christian 

Justinian = byzantine emperor; reconquest western empire, re-established roman law 

Hagia Sophia = new architecture that nods to roman architecture 

Monasticism = a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual activities

Iconoclasm = a holy image or epic as a conduit from a worshipper to god 

Islam =culture founded on faith; voluntary submission to God 

Ka’ba = holy stone cube in mecca 

Qur’an= islam’s bible 

 Islamic Math = our number system 

Islamic Medicine = some tools and techniques used until WWI, cauterization, washing hands before surgery

 Caliph = muhammad’s successor 

 Muhammad = final prophet of god 

Wergeld = a sum of money paid as compensation for the murder or injury of a person

 Clovis = first king of the franks 

Charlemagne = first roman emperor in 400 years 

Vinland = Only N. American contact before columbus by vikings 

Carolingian Renaissance = the revival of cultural and intellectual practices 

Vikings = germanic tribes from scandinavia that expanded into europe 

Magna Carta = First written document to regulate people in power 

• Kings bound to the same law as commoners

Gothic = meant barbarian; pointy, stained glass architecture 

Chivalry = behavior and ethical of nobility 

 Guilds = a group of artisans who control the practice of their craft in a town 

Vassal = people under mutual contract

Serfs = a servant bound to the land they worked on 

 Fief = inherited land 

 Feudalism = decentralized europe

Charles Martel = founding father of the middle ages 

Reconquista = series of struggles over control of spanish peninsula 

Universities = 12th century, gave scholars freedom from restraints of the state 

Crusades = Only wars formally sanctioned by the church 

• To win back holy land 

• First widespread attacks on jewish pop.

• Decline of feudalism 

• Italy becomes wealthy 

Hastings = norman french army vs english; norman victory  

William the Conqueror = battle of hastings 

religious reform = Peace of God 

• Protesting the acts of the pope

Scholasticism = Refers to the masters, books, curriculums, and attitudes of medieval schools; tries to reconcile faith and reason