Download Key Terms #1: The Byzantine Empire

Key Terms #1: The Byzantine Empire
1. pagan: someone who believes in more than one god; non-Christians
2. Justinian’s Code: code of laws that is the foundation for several
modern legal systems; Justinian’s most important contribution
3. Theodora: influential wife of Justinian who helped him rule as the
empress; led the way for legal and spiritual reform
4. Constantinople: new name for Byzantium, site of an old Greek city, now
named Istanbul, in modern-day Turkey
5. patriarchs: the highest ranking bishops in the Catholic church; at the
time, in Rome, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, and Constantinople
6. pope: the bishop of Rome and leader of the Roman Catholic Church,
who oftentimes competed with the emperor for power
7. Nicene Creed: the main statement of faith held by the Roman
Catholic church, which settled disagreements about Jesus
8. icon: a holy image, usually a portrait of Jesus, or other religious
scenes
9. Great Schism: the split of the church into the Western Roman
Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church, due to
disagreements about leadership and religious practices
10. orthodox: the strict following of traditional or established beliefs
11. Catholic: refers to the members, beliefs, and practices of the Church
of Rome
Key Terms #1: The Byzantine Empire
1. pagan: someone who believes in more than
one god; non-Christians
2. Justinian: (527-565)the first great
Byzantine Emperor: tried to restore the
Empire to earlier greatness, developed code
of laws, built Hagia Sophia
3. Theodora: influential wife of Justinian who
helped him rule as the empress; led the way
for legal and spiritual reform
4. Constantinople: new name for Byzantium, site
of an old Greek city, now named Istanbul, in
modern-day Turkey
5. patriarchs: the highest ranking bishops in
the Catholic church; at the time, in Rome,
Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, and
Constantinople
6. pope: the bishop of Rome and leader of the
Roman Catholic Church, who oftentimes
competed with the emperor for power
7. Nicene Creed: the main statement of faith
held by the Roman Catholic church, which
settled disagreements about Jesus
8. icon: a holy image, usually a portrait of
Jesus, or other religious scenes
9. Great Schism: the split of the church into
the Western Roman Catholic church and the
Eastern Orthodox church, due to
disagreements about leadership and religious
practices
10. orthodox: the strict following of traditional
or established beliefs
11.Catholic: refers to the members, beliefs, and
practices of the Church of Rome