Western Civ

- What role did the Church play in helping Clovis conquer other Germanic peoples?- After CLovis conversation, the church supported his military campaigns against Germanic peoples. ... He broadened the Church's power to include secular affairs and spread the idea of a churchly kingdom
- What role did Pope Gregory the Great play in spreading the idea of a vast unified kingdom?- He broadened the authority of the papacy.
- What was important about Charles Martel's victory at the Battle of Tours?- He prevented Eastern Europe from possibly becoming a Muslim country.
- How did Pepin the Short strengthen the Frankish kingdom?- He fought the Lombards
- What was the importance of Charlemagne’s
coronation as emperor?- He brought the Roman Empire, Germanic power, and church together.
- How did Charlemagne govern his unified kingdom?- He sent out royal agents.

- Middle Ages- the era in European history that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, lasting from about 500 to 1500 - also called the medieval period.

 • Franks- a germanic people who settled in the Roman province of Gaul(roughly the area now occupied by France) and established a great empire during the Middle Ages.

 • monastery- a religious community of men (called monks) who have given up their possessions to devote themselves to a life of prayer and worship.

 • secular- concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

 • Carolingian Dynasty- a dynasty of Frankish rulers, lasting from A.D. 751 to 987

 • Charlemagne- king of the franks and the holy roman emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons(742-814)

2. What was the most important event in the unification of the Germanic kingdoms? Why?- The most important event in the unification of the Germanic kingdoms was the adaptation of Christianity. 

3. What were the three roots of medieval culture in western Europe?- The classical heritage of Rome, the customs of various Germanic tribes, and the belief of the Roman Catholic Church were the three roots of medieval culture in Western Europe.

4. What are three ways that civilization in western Europe declined after the Roman
Empire fell?- The three ways civilization in Western Europe declined after the Roman Empire fell were invasions, the decline of learning, and the customs of various German tribes.

5. What was the most important achievement of Pope Gregory I?- Pope Gregory broadened the authority of the papacy, or pope's office, beyond its spiritual role.