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divided Charlemagne's holdings among his grandsons
treaty of verdun
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Economic, military, and political system that functioned during the Medieval period
Feudalism
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One who receives land in exchange for a promise of allegiance and military service
vassal
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A grant of land in the feudal system
fief
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A who grants land to another in exchange for a pledge of loyalty
lord
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The practice of kings and other high ranking nobles appointing men to church offices
lay investiture
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The buying and selling of church offices
simony
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showing improper favortism to one's relatives
nepotism
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Monastery that sparked a major reform of the church because it was free from lay interference
Cluny
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that eventually settlet into the territory that is now hungary
Magyars
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Established by Pope Nicholas II and givern the power to elect the pope
College of Cardinals
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Declaration that a person has cut himself off from communion with the Church by his actions
Excommunication
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In this Pope gregory VII claimed absolute temporal and spiritual authority
Dictates of the Pope
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He served as Pope three times in his life, having been forcibly deposed twice and then abdicating
Benedict IX
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Considered the worst pope in history
John XII
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Holy Roman Emperor who deposed John XII and then exercised control over the papacy
Otto I
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Also called "HIddlebrand," he excommunicated a Holy Roman Emperor over the question of lay investiture
Gregory VII
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Holy Roman Emperor who was forced to beg for forgiveness after being excommunicated by the Pope
Henry IV
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Compromise that solved the lay investiture controversy
Concordat of Worms
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Also calles "Vikings" there raids destroyed many monasteries and convents in Europe
Norseman
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Breathtakingly stupid action-Crusade
Children's Crusade
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Literally "marked with a cross"
Crusade
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english king who lead the Third Crusade
Richard I
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Cardinal sent to deal with the Patriarch of Constantinople. His actions contributed to the Great Schism
Humbert
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His Closing of latin Churches in Constantinople led to the crisis that resulted in the Great Schism
Michael Celularius
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Appointed Patriarch of Constantinople, replacing Ignatius, this action led to a Schism
Photius
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Cistercian monk who helped promote the devotion to the Virgin Mary
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
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Viewed as the most powerful pope of the Middle Ages
Innocent III
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Made alliance with the Lombard Leauge to defeat Frederick Barbarosa
Alexander III
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Called for the first crusade
Urban II
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Proposed by St. Augustine, St. Ambrose, and St. Thomas Aquinas which set criteria that had to be met for a war to be moral
Just War Theory
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Limited the number of days when it was lawful to fight wars
Truce of God
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Condemned the killing of non-comatants
Peace of God
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Time of Purification before one could enter heaven
Purgatory
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Reduction of time in Purgatory
indulgence
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"And the Son" this was inserted into the Nicene Creed
Filioque
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Explains that the bread and wine of the Mass are transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ
Transubstantiation
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Heretical group that viewed the material world as evil
Albegensians
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Muslim group that prohibited pilgrims from going to Jerusalem
Seljuk Turks
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What are some differences between the Eastern and Western Church that contributed to the Eastern Schism in 1054
- Western Church Eastern Church-Rome -Consantinople
- -Latin -Greek
- -Catholic -Othodox
- -Pope -Patriarch
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