Middle Ages

4. political system: king, nobles, knights, serfs
6. Included the lord’s house and the peasants living in the surrounding area, like a mansion during the Middle Ages
8. The religion of Western Europe. Leader is the Pope. Unified the people during the Dark Ages. Center of learning
9. Period of history after the Fall of Rome. Characterized by:, very little learning, violence by invaders,towns and villages were abandoned, most powerful institution was the Church, and known as the Medieval Era, Dark Ages
10. This code was composed by the Emperor Justinian based on Roman laws. They were the clearest and most comprehensive laws of the time. It spread Roman legal principles beyond the Empire.
11. Limited King John’s powers,guaranteed trial by jury, first document to limit any king’s powers

1. The Roman Empire continued as this empire. Mix of Greek, Roman, Christian, and Middle Eastern cultures. Ruled by powerful emperors. Ex. Justinian. Located at Constantinople. Had their own form of Christianity- Eastern Orthodoxy
2. Believed in natural law. Was a saint. Believed men could overthrow unjust rulers
3. Capital of the Byzantine Empire, Was a crossroads of Europe and Asia
5. Do not recognize the Pope as the head of their church. They have their own Patriarch. Decorate with icons-images of Jesus and the saints. Different shape of the cross. Popular with the Byzantine Empire
7. A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.
10. Crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Church, Revived learning, Created the closest thing to an empire during the Middle Ages