Kingship
This Frankish leader conquered the Muslims at the Battle of Tours in 732 A. D.
Who is Charles Martel?
What is Latin?
This divisive prophet founded Islam
Who is Muhammed?
This city, in between the East and the West, served as the capital of Israel and was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A. D.
What is Jerusalem?
This King of the Rus loved drinking and lived a wild, pagan lifestyle before his conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy.
Who is Vladimir?
This Saxon monarch defended his country England from invasion from the Danes
Who is Alfred the Great?
The New Testament was originally written in this language
What is Greek?
The prophet Muhammed is originally from this city that exiled him for his extreme religious beliefs
What is Mecca?
This western city was the home of the Pope and the capital of the Roman Empire
What is Rome?
This exacting code provided a standard for Christian knights to try to live up and achieve
What is the code of chivalry?
Charlamagne, whose name literally means Charles the Great, saved this important Church figure from the Lombards
Who is the Pope?
King Alfred the Great translated this book of the Bible out of Latin and into the common tongue for his people.
What is the Book of Psalms?
Muslim conquests swiftly spread throughout the Arabian peninsula and North Africa, eventually even conquering this European nation before their conquests were halted by Charles Martel
What is Spain?
This eastern city became one of two capitals of the Roman Empire and survived as the capital of the Byzantine Empire long into the Middle Ages
What is Constantinople?
In his old age, this Christian bishop returned to Germanic pagans he had spent his youth ministering to and became a martyr at their hands.
Who is Boniface?
Alfred the Great, Christian king of England, was kicked out of the home of one of his royal subjects due to this mistake
What is letting cakes burn when he was supposed to be watching them?
This stunning copy of the Scriptures tells us the biblical story through the artistry as well as the Latin, as we saw when we looked at images of the first page of Matthew in this work.
What is the Book of Kells?
Muslim conquerors would eventually attempt to convert this gorgeous church, which still survives today, into a Mosque
What is the Hagia Sophia?
What is Tours?
King Charlamagne was given this title in 800 A. D. by the Pope himself
What is Holy Roman Emperor?
This knight of Charlamagne, immortalized in the famous song named after him, perished during an ill-fated expedition into Spain to try to reconquer the country from the Muslims.
Who is Roland?
The Old Testament was originally written in this language
What is Hebrew?
Muhammed claimed to have miraculously received this religious text from the angel Gabriel himself.
What is the Koran?
This Western city was the birthplace of Charlamagne where Alcuin, the leading scholar of his court, created a school and tutored Charlamagne's children
What is Aachen?
According to the code of chivalry, what two materials must make up the heart of a knight?
(Both must be named to get credit for this question)
What is diamond and wax?