Unit 8: Medieval Europe

Separate from the church

• secular

• theological

• catholic

• clergy

Where monks (religious men) lived

• Convent
• Monastery
• Shrine
• Temple

Religious men, worked to preserve Greco-Roman achievements

• monks

• priests

• lords

• vassals

Irish bishop and missionary-spread Christianity to Germanic tribes

• Saint Boniface

• Saint Augustine
• Saint Columba
• Saint Patrick

Territories in Italy controlled by the Roman Catholic Church

• Vatican City and the Papal States
• Turin and Genoa
• Naples and Venice
• Milan and Florence

Peninsula in Northern Europe, Norway and Sweden, home to the Vikings

• Iberian Peninsula
• Baltic Peninsula
• Nordic Peninsula
• Scandinavian Peninsula

1st European to reach Greenland

• Leif Erikson
• Christopher Columbus
• Marco Polo
• Erik the Red

1st European to reach North America

• Leif Erikson
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Marco Polo
• Christopher Columbus

Charles Martel stops Muslim invasion of Western Europe

• Battle of Agincourt in 1415 AD
• Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD
• Battle of Marathon in 490 BC
• Battle of Tours in 732 AD

first Carolingian to become king, son of Charles Martel, father of Charlemagne, expands Frankish kingdom

• Charles the Bald
• Louis the Pious
• Pepin the Short
• Louis the Stammerer