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Aethelbert |
King of Kent, a region in south eastern Britain bordering on the English channel |
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Canterbury |
Capital of the kingdom of Kent and seat of the archbishop and head of the English church |
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Pope Gregory l |
Pope who dispatched missionaries to northern Europe who wrote theological works and saints' biographies |
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Augustine of Canterbury |
A monk who converted king Aethelbert to Christianity and became the first archbishop of Canterbury |
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Bertha |
Christian daughter of a Frankish king who married king Aethelbert and helped establish Christianity in Britain |
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Synod of Whitby |
Meeting in 664 at which roman usages and the date for Easter were adopted, thus bringing English Christianity into the roman tradition |
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Columba |
Irish monk who founded monasteries off the coast of Scotland and in northern England |
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Columbanus |
Irish monk who founded monasteries in the Frankish kingdoms |
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Luxeuil |
Monastery founded by columbanus in 590 in modern northeastern France that became a famous center of learning |
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Boniface |
Missionary appointed by Pope Gregory ll to oversee the conversion of the northern Germanic peoples |
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Bishopric/diocese |
Ecclesiastical administrative unit over which a bishop presides |
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Parish |
Smaller ecclesiastical administrative unit, in which a Parish priest serves a local church |
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Cathedral |
Official church of the bishop's authority |
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Commemorative masses |
Religious services during which the officiating priest prays for the souls of the dead |
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Tithe |
Tax of one-tenth of property levied by the church on all Christians to help sustain it's activities |
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Secular |
Pertaining to the worldly as opposed the the spiritual or ecclesiastical realm; relating to the state as opposed to the church |
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Dogma |
Official teachings of the church |
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Papacy |
Institution that carries out the duties of the bishop of Rome, the pope |
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Papal states |
Large territory in central Italy ruled by the pope and from which the papacy derived a large portion of its wealth |
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Donation of Constantine |
A forged mid 8th century document purporting to be a transfer of land and power in the western empire from Emperor Constantine to Pope Silvester |
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Benedict of Nursia |
Founder of the Benedictine Order of monks who devised a mode of monastic living that proved successful and was widely adopted |
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Rule |
Set of regulations followed by a religious community that established the schedule of worship and manual labor |
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Divine office |
Daily cycle of prayers and services in a monastery |
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Cloister |
Enclosed courtyard of a monastery; also the entire monastery itself |
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Scribe |
Someone who serves as a secretary or copies manuscripts in a formal script |
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Bede |
Monk known as the Venerable Bede for his great learning; author of The Ecclesiastical History of the English People |
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Illuminations |
Colorful decorations on gold leaf and brightly colored links on medieval manuscripts |
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Major domus |
Merovingian kings' military commander and chief governor of a province |
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Charles Martel |
Known as "the Hammer", the mayor of the palace in Austrasia who established the Carolingian dynasty |
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Carolingian dynasty |
Named after Charles (Carolus) Martel that replaced merovingians as kings of the Franks |
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Pepin |
Son of Charles Martel, the first of his sons to assume, in 750, the title of king of the Franks |
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Charlemagne |
Son of Pepin; king of the Franks who became emperor of the west in 800 |
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Ministerial kingship |
Concept of kingship introduced by Charlemagne in which the king assumes responsible for government and church affairs |
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Counts |
Major landowners and supporters of Frankish kings; a count's territory corresponded to a county |
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Missi Dominici |
Inspectors appointed by Charlemagne to oversee how counts used his authority |
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Aachen |
Charlemagne's capital; today in northwest Germany and known to the French as Aix-la-chapelle |
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Cartularies |
A register of laws and varying kinds of documents used in monasteries and secular courts |
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Alcuin of York |
Important scholar and cleric appointed by Charlemagne to oversee the school established at his court in Aachen |
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Liturgy |
Collections of Christian rites, like the Mass, performed in church services |
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Seven liberal arts |
The classic course of study comprising the trivium (grammar, rhetoric, and logic) and the quadrivium (astronomy, geometry, music, and arithmetic |
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Louis the Pious |
Charlemagne's only surviving son who had already assumed the title of emperor within his father's lifetime |
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Charles the bald |
The king of the western Franks, a position inherited from his father, emperor Louis the Pious |
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Treaty of Verdun |
Division of the Franks empire in 843 among Louis's heirs into the three portions that laid the basis for the future political division of europe |
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Low countries |
Modern Belgium and the Netherlands, so described because they are on a low plain along the north sea |