world history unit5 medievaleurope
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Constitutional Monarchy
Constitution – document that limits a ruler’s power
Magna Carta – 1215 – 1st piece of the English constitution◦ King John agrees not to
raise taxes without the consent of the nobility
Parliament: the English National Legislature◦ House of Lords: for the
nobility (5% of the English population)
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Absolutist Monarchy Backed by “Divine Right
of Kings”◦ Battle of Tours: Franks
lead a Christian army against the Islamic invasion coming from Iberia and North Africa
◦ Pope is eternally grateful (Franks save Christianity)
◦ Church maintains a strong symbiotic relationship with the French government for hundreds of years
◦ Church will keep the people under control
Estates General: French national legislature◦ Tricameral body – one
for each estate (social class)
◦ Each estate got one vote
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700 year war on the Iberian peninsula (today’s Spain and Portugal)
War was between Christians and Muslims for control of the peninsula
Over the years, Christians are winning
1492 – Reconquista ends
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Jihad between the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic forces coming from Arabia
Islam is winning 1095 – Muslims
take Jerusalem and the Pope calls for all Christians to fight in God’s army (the Crusades)
1453 – Ottoman Turks take Constantinople – Byzantine Empire collapses
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Linked to the Byzantine EmpireAdopting Byzantine / Roman culture
After 1054 – Orthodox ChristianityCyrillic AlphabetMoscow becoming the “Third Rome”
Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV)– takes the title “Czar”
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Vikings – explored the North Atlantic
Settled Iceland and Greenland
Eric the Red – explored Greenland
Leif Erickson – explored the New World – first European settlement of Canada around 1000 AD
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Mostly Germanic loose trade alliance that also included the Northern Italian City States
Made up of over 300 separate political units Emperor in Berlin had very little power Not really holy, Roman or an empire Makes German nation-state building impossible
– can’t have Italians in a German nation-state, but can’t give up Italians for economic reasons
Lasts until 1806
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Given to the pope in 800 AD by Frankish king (helps cement relationship between Franks and Papacy)
Pope operates as a king Guarantees the independence of the
papacy Italian nation-state is impossible as long
as the pope controls Italian territory Will last until 1870 and be reborn in 1929 Vatican City is the remnant of the Papal
States
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Baptism – infant joins the Church through parents and godparents – wash away original sin
Confession – age 7 – Priest is given the power of absolution
Communion -- age 7 – participation in the last supper Confirmation – teenage years – join the Church as an
adult Marriage – married BY the Church – for Children –
Church does not recognize divorce Holy Orders – Married TO the Church – one becomes a
priest, monk or nun Last Rites – any remaining sin is taken away
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Get out of sin cards More money = more forgiveness Can buy for family members Can buy for sins not yet committed Huge amounts of money Pays for St. Peters Basilica in Rome
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With the Authority of all Saints and with mercy for you, I free you of all sins and crimes and excuse you from all punishments for ten days – Johann Tetzel
Heresy – going against Church teaching
Most famous in Spain during the Reconquista against Jews and Muslims
Church trials – supposedly to save souls
Torture was used against thousands of Europeans – many confessed to crimes they never committed
Many accused of “witchcraft”
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Medieval Church Philosopher
Studied the ancient Greek works of Plato and Aristotle
Summa Theologica – major philosophical work that tries to prove the existence of God by using logical reasoning
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Religious wars called for by the Pope after Muslim capture of Jerusalem in 1095
Will eventually be 12 crusades
Sporadic success, but eventual failure
Why is God allowing Christians to fail?
Europeans find:◦ Spices ◦ Gunpowder
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Bubonic Plague – caused by a virus carried by fleas that infest black rats from Asia
Comes to Europe (Northern Italy) with the spice trade from Asia and the Middle East
Weakens the Church – why is God punishing Europe?
Kills 1/3 of Europe’s population within 100 years of its outbreak in 1347
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War between England, France and Burgundy
1337 to 1453 Joan of Arc – peasant
girl who led the French to victory and united France
England loses all French territory by the end of the war
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