Rome Test Day

In class today, we took a test all about Rome and for the rest of the class we took notes on Charlemagne. I thought I failed the test but I ended up getting an 80.
Here are my notes on Charlemagne/ European Middle Ages:

Empire building:
the western Roman Empire breaks into many small kingdoms

- Charlemagne and Otto the Great attempted to revive the empire and both were allied with the Church

Power and authority:
- weak rulers and a decline in central authority leads to a feudal system where local lords assume power, leading to struggle with the Church

Religions and Ethical System:
- the Church is a force that shapes people's beliefs and guides their daily lives. Most Europeans shared a common bond of faith

pg 357:
1. Middle Ages- the gradual decline of the Roman Empire ushered an era of European history
Franks- Germanic people who held power in the Roman province of Gaul
- monastery: religious communities
- secular: worldly power involved in politics
- Carolingian dynasty- the family that would rule the Franks from 751 to 987
- Charlemagne- Charles the Great; became Holy Roman Empire, ruled the Frankish Kingdom
2.
~ the classical heritage of Rome
~ the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church
~ the customs of various Germanic Tribes
3. disruption of trade, downfall of cities, population shifts
4. broadened the authority of the papacy, or pope's office, beyond its spiritual role, the papacy became secular

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