| A | B |
| Apostle to the Germans | Boniface |
| ended his life as a martyr in Frisia | Boniface |
| first historian of the English | Bede |
| Called "the Venerable" already during his lifetime | Bede |
| centers of learning and scholarship | monasteries |
| In part caused the breakup of Charlemagne's empire | barbarian invasions |
| at the bottom of the feudal pyramid | serfs |
| were attached to the land they worked | serfs |
| Converted th4e Slavic people | Cyril and Methodius |
| led Russia to convert to Byzantine Church | Vladimir I |
| led Hungary to join Latin Church | King Stephen |
| leader of a monastic reform | Cluny |
| gave pope the Papal States | Pepin the Short |
| invaders from Norway and Sweden | Vikings |
| converted to Christianity by Ansgar | Vikings |
| converted to Christianity by Boniface | Saxons |
| buying and selling of a church office | simony |
| giving a church office to one's relatives | nepotism |
| free from the control of the local bishop or lord | exempt |
| free to elect its own leaders | autonomous |