Main
Index
I. Identification
The second section will be listing and identification section.
For identifications, be sure to explain completely who, what, when, where, why,
how & significance for each item.
| Political Augustinianism | Icon Controversy | Charles Martel | Poitiers |
| Rois faineants | Commendation & Vassalage | Partition of Verdun | Mayors of the Palace |
| Immunitas | Pepin the Short | Charlemagne | Hincmar of Rheims |
| Merovingian Queens | Alcuin of York | Venerable Bede | Alfred the Great |
| Saracens | Magyars | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Offa of Mercia |
| Lindisfarne | Louis the Pious | Louis the German | Charles the Bald |
| Lothar II | Hastings | Carolingian capitularies | Odo of Aquitaine |
| March lords | Theodulf of Orleans | Brunhild | Comites |
| Stirrup Thesis | Donation of Constantine | Donation of Pepin | Abbey St. Denis |
| Placitum generale | Saxons | Song of Roland | Bretwalda |
| Rex Francorum | Rex Anglorum | Rex et Sacendos | Hincmar of Rheims |
| Libri Carolini | Crowning of Charlemagne | Missi dominici | Carolingian miniscule |
| Einhard | Romanesque | Gothic | Oaths of Strasbourg |
| Partition at Messen | Synod of Whitby | Celtic Renaissance | Lindisfarne Gospels |
| Otto the Great | Henry the Fowler | Charles the Simple | Rollo the Norman |
| Battle of Lechfeld | Battle of Edington | Monks of St. Philibert | Burhs |
| Fyrd | Mansus | Open-Field System | Three Field System |
| Bosky Land | Servus | Polyptychs | Danegeld |
| Danelaw | longship | William the Conqueror | Hastings |
| Stamford Bridge | Harold Hardrada | Horse-collar | Heavy plough |
| Carruca | Windmill | Gothic architecture | Romanesque Architecture |
| sub-infeudation | Harold Godwinson | Edward the Confessor | Emma of Normandy |
| Deodand | Capetian France | Parish | Burghers/ Burgesses |
II. Listing
The following are possible listing items
Name four metaphysical/ epistemological questions addressed by Historiography
Petrarch's divisions of history
"Big Three" historical categories (modern)
Three foundations of Medieval world
Origins of Term Middle Ages
Origins of Term High Middle Ages
Four monastic vows under Benedictine rule
Name the five patriarchies
Name the Eastern Germanic Tribes.
Name the Western Germanic Tribes
List the places the Germanic tribes settled/ set up kingdoms. (Example: Vandals: Spain, North Africa)
Name the Four Great Latin Doctors of the Catholic Church.
Name the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the Heptarchy
Name the five aspects of Charlemagne's reign.
Name four methods of dealing with the Vikings.
Name the three groups of invaders of the 9th century and two places that each attacked.
List four developments of medieval technology
List the five hereditary ranks of the Aristocracy. What was the lowest & non-hereditary rank?
Name the four divisions of Merovingian Gaul.
Name the two primary methods of settlement in Europe.
Name the three levels of participation in the guilds. Could women be part of the guilds?
IV. Essay
The third section will be to write one complete essay
on one of the following. You will have a choice of three questions. You
choose one.
1. Discuss the transfer of power from the Merovingians to the
Carolingians. What were the deficiencies and strengths of
both? Be sure to include all key players and events in your
discussion.
2. Discuss the philosophy and development of the Carolingian Renaissance. Include the major figures, achievements and approaches to learning.
3. Compare the career and accomplishments of Charlemagne and Alfred the Great. Include military, administration and cultural aspects.
4. Discuss the rise and reign of Charlemagne. How did he achieve power? How did he maintain it? Was his system successful long term? What problems did it cause?
5. Discuss the attacks of the Ninth century. Who were the invaders? What helped cause the attacks? What were the responses? Long-term results?
6. Discuss the development of Manorialism in the High Middle Ages. What were the major causes of this development? What were the primary divisions of the system and their sources? What developments occurred in technology?