Module 10: Early Middle Ages - Europe (voc)

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Emperor Justinian

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Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruled by Rome.

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Empress Theodora

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The most powerful woman in Byzantine history, she passed laws and advised her husband, Emperor Justinian.

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Justinian Code

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The body of Roman civil law collected and organized by order of the Byzantine emperor.

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Hagia Sophia

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The Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian.

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patriarch

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A principal bishop in the eastern branch of Christianity.

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icon

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A religious image used by eastern Christians.

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excommunication

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The taking away of a person's right of membership in a Christian church.

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Cyrillic Alphabet

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An alphabet for the writing of Slavic languages, devised in the ninth century A.D. by Saints Cyril and Methodius.

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Slavs

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A people from the forests north of the Black Sea, ancestors of many peoples in Eastern Europe today.

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Vladimir

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Russian ruler who chose Byzantine Christianity as the official religion of the Russian state.