Chapters 8-22

Question 1

Thomas Becket

Answer 1

Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered in 1170 for refusing Henry II. He used the church to defend England from a tyrannical king.

Question 2

Lanfranc

Answer 2

Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of William I

Question 3

Anselm

Answer 3

Archbishop of Canterbury who disputed issue of investiture

Question 4

Synod

Answer 4

An assembly of clergy

Question 5

Investiture

Answer 5

Formally placing honor or rank on a particular person

Question 6

Abbot

Answer 6

The man who is head of an abbey of monks

Question 7

St. Basil

Answer 7

Monk who founded one of the earliest monasteries in the East

Question 8

Benedictine Rule

Answer 8

Most widely followed rules and orders of the monasteries

Question 9

St. Bernard

Answer 9

Abbot of Clairvaux who established Cistercian Order

Question 10

Cistercian Order

Answer 10

Order founded by St. Bernard at Clairvaux

Question 11

Carthusian Order

Answer 11

Order formed by St. Bruno, known for its severity

Question 12

Feudalism

Answer 12

The main system of relationships in the Middle Ages where the recipient of land owes service to the one who gave it

Question 13

Pope Urban II

Answer 13

Pope who called the First Crusade to the Holy Land

Question 14

Peter the Hermit

Answer 14

Led unequipped group of peasants in the First Crusade

Question 15

First Crusade

Answer 15

First attempt by Europeans to recover Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the possession of the Muslims in 1096

Question 16

Godfrey de Bouillon

Answer 16

Medieval knight; leader of the First Crusade; “Baron of the Holy Sepulchre”

Question 17

Saladin

Answer 17

Saracen ruler, fought Europeans in the Third Crusade

Question 18

Richard the Coeur de Lion

Answer 18

King of England, hero of the Third Crusade

Question 19

Children’s Crusade

Answer 19

Failed attempt by two young men and children to convert infidels in the Holy Land; they never made it

Question 20

St. Francis

Answer 20

Founder of Franciscan order of monks pursuing poverty

Question 21

St. Dominic

Answer 21

Founder of Dominican order of monks to preach and teach

Question 22

Friars

Answer 22

Men who followed some of the same rules as the monastic orders but lived in the world

Question 23

Magna Carta

Answer 23

Agreement guaranteeing liberty and political rights to English. Stephen Lanfranc and the bishops forced King John to sign it

Question 24

Edward I

Answer 24

King of England; summoned the Model Parliament

Question 25

Philip Augustus

Answer 25

King of France; greatly strengthened the monarchy’s power

Question 26

Edward III

Answer 26

King of England, claimed to be the lawful king of France, thus starting the Hundred Years’ War

Question 27

The Black Prince

Answer 27

Edward Prince of Wales; son of Edward III, valiant fighter who attacked Northern France

Question 28

Battle of Crècy

Answer 28

Battle in 1346, English won with longbows, first gun powder used

Question 29

Henry V

Answer 29

King of England; attacked France at Agincourt

Question 30

Jeanne d’Arc

Answer 30

Peasant girl whose visions led France to defeat England

Question 31

1066

Answer 31

William the Conqueror became the first Norman king of England

Question 32

1096

Answer 32

First Crusade

Question 33

1215

Answer 33

Signing of the Magna Carta

Question 34

1338

Answer 34

Beginning of the Hundred Years’ War

Question 35

1348

Answer 35

The Black Death

Question 36

1453

Answer 36

End of the Hundred Years’ War

Question 37

Gregory VII

Answer 37

1073 monk Hildebrand became pope who strengthened papal authority and jurisdiction