Name:____________________________
Date:_________________________
Identifying Factoids
What is a Factoid? A factoid is an important person, place, event, or historical theme that made a significant mark in history by either
influencing much, signaling new changes, or leaving behind a lasting legacy. Factoids, like vocabulary words, should be practiced and memorized.
Notecards that can be used as practice flashcards will come in handy for studying and remembering these important moments in history.
Chapter:___9____ Title:_____________Christian Europe Emerges__________________________
FACTOIDS
Crusades
Pilgrimage
Vladimir I
Charlemagne
Alexius Comnenus
Schism
William the Conqueror
Battle of Tours
Holy Roman Empire
Investiture Controversy
Monasticism
Benedict
Holy Land
Serfs
Treaty of Verdun
Concordat of Worms
Cyrillic Alphabet
Vikings
Venice
Flanders
Manor
Lords / Vassals
Fiefs
Thomas a Becket
Cluny
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Seljuk Turks
DEFINITION / SIGNIFICANCE
Name:____________________________
Date:_________________________
Identifying Periodization
What is a Timeline? A timeline is the plotting of events throughout the span of time in chronological order of their occurrence.
Historians
often utilize timelines to explain trends, patterns, eras, or changes in human interaction over the centuries. It will become very important to use time
as a tool to understanding change. Any important dates or periods of time that show significance or influence should be recorded.
Chapter:___9____ Title:_____________Christian Europe Emerges__________________________
DATE(S)
SUBJECT / SIGNIFICANCE
480 CE – 547 CE
Life of Benedict of Nursia
500’s CE
Dark Ages (Decline in urban society in west)
527 CE – 565 CE
Rule of Byzantine emperor Justinian
634 CE – 650 CE
Byzantine territorial losses to Muslims (Egypt/Syria/Tunisia)
711 CE
Arabs/Berbers conquer Spain
732 CE
Battle of Tours stops Muslim advance into Europe
793 CE
Vikings attack & plunder English coast
800 CE – 1000 CE Viking settlements of Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland
843 CE
Treaty of Verdun splits Charlemagne’s empire to 3 sons
910 CE
Founding of Benedictine abbey of Cluny
962 CE
Pope crowns 1st Holy Roman Emperor
980 CE
Vladimir I takes over Kievan Russia; adopts Orthodox church
1000 CE – 1200 CE Population of Europe doubles
1054 CE
Schism of Christian Church – Latin West / Orthodox East
1066 CE
Battle of Hastings – Norman conquest of England
1071 CE
Battle of Manzikert – Seljuk Turks threaten pilgrimage routes
1073 CE – 1122 CE Investiture Controversy (Popes vs. Kings)
1081 CE – 1118 CE Rule of Byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus
1090 CE
Normans conquer Sicily from Muslims
1095 CE
Pope Urban II calls 1st Crusade at Council at Clermont
1095 CE – 1220 CE 1st through 7th Crusades
1099 CE
1st Crusade conquers Jerusalem
1122 CE
Concordat of Worms
1122 CE – 1204 CE Eleanor of Aquitaine
1173 CE
Thomas a Becket named saint after his murder at Canterbury
1187 CE
Saladin & Muslims re-take Jerusalem
1453 CE
Muslim conquest of Constantinople / End of Byzantine Empire