Vocabulary: Chapter 2 Medieval Europe

The epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe

(a)  

King of the Franks. Through a series of military conquests he established the Carolingian Empire, which encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. Illiterate, though started an intellectual revival.

• Ivan the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• Charlemagne

• William the Conqueror

• Thomas Aquinas

One of the most powerful Russian rulers. He consolidated his power by winning the voluntary allegiance of Russian princes and preventing further Mongol invasions.

• Ivan the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• Charlemagne

• William the Conqueror

• Thomas Aquinas

Scholar who argued that the most basic religious truths could be proved by sound reasoning

• Ivan the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• Charlemagne

• William the Conqueror

• Thomas Aquinas

Known for his great acts of cruelty directed toward all those with whom he disagreed, even killing his own son. He became the first ruler to assume the title Czar of all Russia

• Ivan the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• Charlemagne

• William the Conqueror

• Thomas Aquinas

(a)   the Conqueror was the Duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England

One of a seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western Europe from the eighth through the tenth century.

(a)  

A person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times

• Chivalry

• Fief

• Knight

• Mongols

• Serf

A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier

• Chivalry

• Fief

• Knight

• Mongols

• Serf

People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan, linking western and eastern Eurasia

• Chivalry

• Fief

• Knight

• Mongols

• Serf