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ESSAY: Explain how the Middle Ages can truly be called the Dark Ages. Discuss at least two factors the helped bring Europe out of the Dark Ages. |
Europe was darkened, spiritually, by a twisted view of Christianity that advanced ignorance of the Scripture and lifted up man. A few things that helped Europe get out of the Dark Ages was the invention of the printing press, the growth of towns and businesses, and the growing freedom the occurred. |
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made it illegal for anyone but the church to own a copy of the Bible
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Council of Toulouse
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this killed 1/3 to 1/2 of the entire population of Europe
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Black Death
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the first medieval university was established in this city
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Salerno
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Charles Martel defeated the Muslims at this battle
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Battle of Tours
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states that Christ founded His church on Peter, not Himself
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Petrine Theory
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early medieval scientist from England
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Bacon
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painted "The Last Supper"
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Leonardo da Vinci
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"Morning Star of the Reformation"
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Wycliffe
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wrote "The Canterbury Tales"
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Chaucer
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promoted scholasticism and Thomism
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Aquinas
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fiery preacher in Florence
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Savonarola
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author of "The Prince"
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Machiavelli
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Italian sculptor of "David" and "Moses"
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Michelangelo
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preached for the Second Crusade
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Bernard of Clairvaux
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painted "School of Athens"
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Raphael
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supported the arts
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patron
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middle-class town
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burg
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piece of land owned by the lord
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fief
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service and worship book
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breviary
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association of trade unions
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guild
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these type of churches are known for their tall walls and large, pointed windows
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Gothic
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he built the largest empire since the Roman Empire--the most famous of the Carolingian line
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Charlemagne
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he began the Brethren of Common Life
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Gerhard Groote
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he was instrumental in founding the Holy Roman Empire
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Otto the Great
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this position had much power during the Merovingian rule
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Mayor of the Palace
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crusade that was met with limited success, establishing four kingdoms in Palestine
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First
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invaders from Scandinavia who pillaged the coastline of Europe and England
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Vikings
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he wrote "Divine Comedy"
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Dante
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code of conduct for the knights and nobility of the Middle Ages
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chivalry
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treaty that divided Charlemagne's empire into three parts
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Verdun
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monks that preach and do missionary work called
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friars
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famous missionary who took the gospel to the people of Ireland
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Patrick
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the powerful banking family in Florence
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Medici
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sultan of Egypt who successfully united the Muslims against the Crusaders
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Saladin
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crowned "Emperor of the Romans" on Christmas Day, A.D. 800
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Charlemagne
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way of life based upon the ownership and use of land
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feudalism
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combining Greek philosophy with Roman theology
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scholasticism
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sacred acts that "earned" God's grace
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sacraments
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the lord's land worked by the serfs
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demesne
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withdrawing from society
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monasticism
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he gave the papal states to the pope
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Pepin
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Johann Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press around this year
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1440
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Flanders was known for this good
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wool
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he wrote the classic "The Imitation of Christ"
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Thomas a Kempis
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under this pope the papacy attained its zenith of power and prestige
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Innocent III
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Frederick Barbarossa was from this line of kings
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Hohenstaufen
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three orders of monks
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Benedictine, Dominican, Franciscan
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meaning for the Latin word "pope"
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father
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Where the oldest German university was located?
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Prague
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crusade led by great kings, including Richard I
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Third
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single most powerful institution in western Europe
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papacy
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where John Huss preached
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Bohemia
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a time of rival popes within the Roman church
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Great Schism
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Frankish king that began the Merovingian line of kings
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Clovis
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the first medieval pope
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Gregory
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