History of Europe
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- The "Renaissance," a return to humanist, classical ideas, literally means...
- Encouraged education, created a center of culture, and unified nearly all Christian land
- Muslims from the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Spain; the Magyars from Central Asia; Viking from the north- Norway and denmark
- Land granted to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service
- The period of time in which a king or queen rules
- This early 14th century painter is seen as transitional from the late Byzantine to the early Renaissance.
- The king kept land for himself and gave fiefs to lords who supplied the king with knights for protection
- The medium of the artwork that decorates the Sistine Chapel ceiling is ________.
- This architect (and artist) is one of those credited with discovering linear perspective. (He also engineered the Florentine Duomo.)
- A peasant who could not leave the land on which he or she was born on
- Leonardo da Vinci invented a painting technique that consisted of applying a hazy or misty glaze ove the painting. This technique is called ________.
- Expanded the boundaries of franks and helped franks convert to christianity
- When did the Roman Empire collapse due to German invaders?
- When did Charles Martel follow Clovis?
- Which empire became the largest since the Roman Empire?
- When did Carolingian Dynasty rule the Franks?
- What played a key role in spreading Christianity and helping it become a political power in Western Europe?
- Who developed the idea of a churchly kingdom?
- Which son did Charlemagne crown as his successor?
- Which invaders destroyed the Carolingian Kingdom from 800-1000?