Early Kingdoms of Medieval Europe
Unit 5 32a, 32b,
World History Atlas
Pages 57&58
1. Time & Change
789
Vikings’ first
raid strikes
Portland,
England
1066
13371215
1453
Magna Carta
Normans
take control gives rights to
free men in
of England
England
Hundred
Years’ War
Is Fought
2. Gathering the Facts
• A. The Middle Ages was a time of great learning and
F
culture for Europeans. ________
• B. The Middle Ages is also called the medieval era.
T
• ___________
• C. Barbarian kings, wanting to be more civilized,
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became Roman Catholics. __________
• D. Many Barbarian tribes established kingdoms in
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Eastern Europe. __________
3. History Through Maps
• A. Which Tribe established the 1st Barbarian Kingdom?
Visigoths
____________________
• B. Who brought Christianity to Ireland?
St. Patrick
________________________
• C. When did Roman Catholicism spread throughout the
461-644
barbarian kingdoms? __________________
• D. Which Barbarian tribe established a kingdom in Africa?
Vandals
______________________
• E. In which direction did the Slavs migrate?
_________________________
West & South
Vandals
• Which tribe did the Byzantines defeat? ________________
Lombards
• Who conquered the Ostrogoths? __________________
4. People and Cultures
A. Slave
Slavs, a tribe that lost
many people to slavery
B. Vandalism
Vandals, a tribe that looted
Rome
C. Frank
Franks, who thought violence was
more direct than laws or diplomacy
D. Barbarian
An Imitation of how
Barbarians talked
5. People and their Environment
• A. Who became the sole ruler of the Frankish
Charlemagne
Empire?_____________________
• B. Which 4 regions did Charlemagne conquer between
771 and 814?
Lombardy,
Saxony, Spanish March, & Papal States
__________________________________________
• C. Which regions did Charlemagne conquer but not
rule?
__________________________________________
Brittany, Croatia, Moravia, and Bohemia
• D. Where was Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the
Rome
West? _______________
• E. How long did the Frankish empire last?
72 Years
_______________
• F. When did the Empire break up? __________
843
6. Thinking About History
• A. What is the pope leader of?
• The Roman Catholic Church
• B. Why was the pope’s crowning of Charlemagne
significant?
• Answer may include: The pope was a very
powerful figure in Western Europe, the pope gave
Charlemagne great authority.