Flashcard on Early Middle Ages

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Who were the most powerful Germanic people in the early Middle Ages?

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Franks

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What was the first royal line of the Franks?

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Merovingian House

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Who was known as "Charles the Great"?

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Charlemagne

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Which tribes from Scandinavia were feared invaders in medieval times?

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Vikings

Front

What is the name of the German empire because of its alliance with the Roman Catholic Church?

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Holy Roman Empire

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Who was the ruler of the important Saxon kingdom of Wessex?

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Alfred the Great

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What is a Domesday Book?

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A survey of property taken in England

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What is the symbolic act by which a lord gave to the vassal the right to use a fief?

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Investiture

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What is the Peace of God?

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A church forbade the pillage of its property

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What is the Petrine Theory?

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The theory that Christ made Peter the first pope