Chapter 3 Section 1 The German Kingdoms

1. Locate: Pyrenees Mountains, Tours, Aachen.
Pyrenees mountains are in the border between Spain and France. Tours is near Paris. Aachen is east of Paris.
2. Identify: Clovis, Charles Martel, Charlemagne, Alcuin, Treaty of Verdun, Danelaw.
Clovi is the king of the Kingdom of the Franks, a small German tribe.
Charles Martel is the Frankish Mayor of the Palace.
Charlemagne is the grandson of Charles Martel, and a great King.
Alcuin is a learned Anglo-Saxon monk who set up a palace school to teach Charlemagne's children.
Treaty of Verdun is a treaty which divided Charlemagne's empire into three.
Danelaw is a part of England which is occupied by the Vikings.
3. Define: heretic, missi dominici, parish, tithe, illumination.
Heretic--untrue Christians
Missi Dominici--the lord's messengers
Parish--rural districts with its own priest
Tithe-10 percent of Christians' encome paid to the Church
Illumination--the decoration of the first letter of a paragraph with brilliant designs.
4. List two ways in which government in the German kingdoms differed from Roman government.
The Roman kingdom was democatic while the German kingdoms used feudalism. The Roman kingdoms was older then the German kingdoms.
5. List three steps taken by Charlemagne to improve learning.
First, he invited scholars from all over Europe to his court. Then he issued ruels for the education of the clergy. Then, he made Monks make copies of the Bible and of the surviving ancient Greek and Roman texts.
6. What g roups invaded Western Europe in the eighth and ninth centuries?
The German kingdoms of the Franks, the Viking raiders, the Danes.