Crusades
Black Death & Some Nation States
Nation States
Renaissance
Potpourri
100

The Pope who called for the first Crusade in 1099

Pope Urban II

100

The scientific name for the Black Death

Bubonic Plague

100

Teenage Heroine who inspired and unified France

Joan of Arc

100

Artist who created the painting below...


Leonardo da Vinci

100

The King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor who expanded his empire to the New World

Charles V

200

The crusade where westerners gain the most territory

First Crusade

200

The Black Death spread from this continent to Europe via trade

Asia

200

Led the Norman invasion of England in 1066

William the Conqueror

200

German inventor of the movable type printing press

Johannes Gutenberg

200

The group that preserved Greco-Roman knowledge in Europe prior to the Renaissance and were responsible for the first universities in Europe.

Church Scholars

300

Muslims reconquered Jerusalem under this new leader

Saladin

300

The war that helped define the modern boundaries of England and France

The Hundred Years War

300

Monarchical signer of the Magna Carta

King John I

300

A new style of art focused on realism and the individual, contrary to that of the early Middle Ages

Humanism

300

The name of the room in Vatican City that Michelangelo painted the ceiling and walls

The Sistine Chapel

400

The name of the tiny Christian colonies set up along the Mediterranean

Crusader States

400

The decline in population and scarcity of labor caused by the Black Death helped end this antiquated system

Feudal System

400

Russian leader who threw off the rule of the Mongols in Russia and centralized power in Moscow

Ivan the Great

400

Wealthy supporters of the arts, they still exist today as museum contributors

Patrons

400

French King who moved the capital to Paris

Hugh Capet

500

The Eastern Christian city that was destroyed by the Western Christians during the fourth Crusade

Constantinople

500

Henry II of England began to implement this type of law, similar for all citizens

Common Law

500

The Monarchs responsible for the inquisition and the reconquista

Ferdinand & Isabella

500

Famous satire about a perfect society written by Sir Thomas Moore

Utopia

500

The shortage of labor caused by the Black Death helped end this antiquated rigid social class system

The Feudal System

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