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Chapter 16 The Two Worlds of Christendom—Study Guide:
Themes:
The Christian/Roman Catholic Church was the only institution to survive the imperial collapse, and in
many ways the papacy was the glue that held western Europeans together for half a millennium after the collapse.
The other continuity was the constant invasions or migrations of nomadic peoples into western Europe from ca.
500 to ca. 1000.
Around the end of the Common Era’s first millennium, a confluence of events brought peace and
increasing prosperity to western Europeans. They began to reestablish larger political structures, reinvest in urban
areas, and branch out from their self-sufficient economies into the hemisphere’s marketplaces again. The Roman
Catholic Church began serious attempts to spread Catholicism into other regions of the hemisphere and came into
conflict with the growing powers of the secular rulers.
Chapter 16 Guided Reading—Please include page numbers.
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In 802, what gift did Charlemagne receive from the Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid?
What were Byzantium’s major advantages?
What was the most important political feature of the Byzantine state?
What is caesaropapism?
Who was Theodora?
What was the most magnificent church in Constantinople?
What was Justinian’s most important and long-lasting political achievement?
What won recognition as the definitive codification of Roman law?
Constantinople was able to withstand sieges by who in 674-678 and 717-718?
What happened after the collapse of western Roman authority?
Roman imperial power ended in 476 C.E. with what?
Which Germanic tribe played the most important role in establishing the foundations of European
development?
Who did Charlemagne maintain diplomatic relations with?
Where was Charlemagne capital located?
Describe Charlemagne’s rule?
Who were the missi dominici and what was their main goal?
What did Charlemagne do when presented with the imperial crown?
Who gave Charlemagne the imperial crown and when?
What caused a direct challenge to the Byzantine emperor?
What happened after the death of Louis the Pious?
Who raided Constantinople at least three times in the ninth and tenth centuries?
Describe the theme system.
What was the bezant?
What was one of the biggest reasons for increased agricultural production in Europe?
What is feudalism?
In medieval society, with who was political power vested?
What was the most important relationship in feudalism between?
By the year 1000, the population of the two provinces of Christendom rose to about what?
Who provided the Roman church with a sense of direction by reasserting papal primacy?
What was iconoclasm?
What was the significance St. Basil of Caesarea?
Who spread the Benedictine Rule to women living in convents?
What did the pope in Rome and the patriarch in Constantinople do in 1054?
Who devised the Cyrillic alphabet?
What city, influenced heavily by Constantinople, was most important in the early rise of Russia?
How did Prince Vladimir aid the rise of Orthodox Christianity in Russia?
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GHWH Chapter 16 The Two Worlds of Christendom—Study Guide:
Terms:
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Medieval
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Manors
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Serfs
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Feudalism (feudal
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Fief
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Horse collar
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Three-field-system
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Lord
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knights
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Guilds
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Treaty of Verdun
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missi dominici
Nepotism
Simony
Papacy
Mass
Greek Fire
“Russian Primary
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Iconoclasm
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Heresy
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Excommunication
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Carolingian Empire
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Venice
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Flanders
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Holy Roman Empire
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Greenland
Individuals / People
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King Clovis
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Franks
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Visigoths
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Justinian
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Theodora
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Belisarius
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Saxons and Angles
Events / Periods / Wars
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Battle of Tours
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Nika Revolt
Literature / Art / Architecture
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Bayeaux Tapestry
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Hagia Sophia
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Gothic
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Romanesque
Vernacular
Canon Law
Justinian Code
Rule of Benedict
Monasteries
Caesaropapism
Theme System
Cyrillic
Sacraments
Pravda Russkia
Great Schism
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Charles Martel
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Holy Land
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Kievan Russia
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The Crusades—most important ones are
(First, Third, and Fourth) (ch 19)
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Thesis Statements and SAQ’s
1. Examine the role played by Charlemagne in the establishment of a powerful Europe.
What were his main inspirations? What were his policies?
2. How did the Viking invasions influence the rise of Europe? Besides being powerful
warriors, what were the main achievements of the Vikings?
3. Examine the social structure of the Byzantine empire. Explain the theme system. Trace
the changing status of the peasants.
4. Examine the split between the Roman Catholic church and Greek Orthodox church. What
led to this fundamental split? How did this split influence later history?
5. In what ways did Byzantium carry on the legacy of Rome? What was Justinian’s dream?
In what ways was Byzantium different from Rome?
6. Discuss the significance of the city of Constantinople. What was life in the city like?
Why would its eventual fall be seen as such a disaster?
7. Discuss the influence of Byzantium on eastern Europe. In what ways did this influence
shape early Russian history?
8. Examine the theory of caesaropapism. What were its origins? Explain its relation to the
power of the Byzantine emperor. What influence did it have on European history?
9. Examine the reign of Justinian. Explain the significance of Justinian’s code. In what ways
did Justinian influence history?
MAP/DBQ
1. Examine Map 16.1, Success states to the Roman empire, ca. 600 C.E. What region
became the new center of political and religious authority? What role did the Germanic
kingdoms play in early medieval Europe?
2. Look at Map 16.2, The Carolingian empire, 814 C.E. What were the foundations of
Charlemagne’s empire? In what ways did he attempt to re-create Rome? What were the
major threats to his empire?
3. Look at Map 16.3, The dissolution of the Carolingian empire (843 C.E.) and the
invasions of early medieval Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries. What has happened
to Charlemagne’s empire? Why did it fall apart so quickly? What role did the Vikings
play in the destruction and rebuilding of Europe?
4. Read the “Capitulary de Villis” (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: Life on an Early
Medieval Manor). What does the specificity of this order tell you about Charlemagne’s
power and attention to detail?
5. What does the “Capitulary de Villis” (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: Life on an
Early Medieval Manor) tell you about the life of medieval peasants? What were the social
and political foundations of medieval Europe?
6. What is the significance of the story of the monks smuggling the silkworm eggs to
Byzantium?
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7. What was the theme system? How did it work? Why was it so successful? What led to its
demise?
8. What economic advantages did the Byzantine empire possess?
9. Trace the development of the Byzantine church to the schism. What caused the schism?
10. What was the significance of the invention of the heavy plow for European economy?
11. Although trade constricted in the early middle ages, where and how was it still going on?
12. What was the role of the pope in the early middle ages? How did his role evolve over this
period of time?
13. Who were the Vikings? What were the motivations behind their behavior? What were
their accomplishments? How did they disrupt European society?