Cards 1-5
Monica
What was used to decorate the inside of the Hagia Sophia?
icons and mosaics
What 2 branches of the church exist today as a result of the East-West Schism?
Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
What foreign country did St. Francis travel to preach?
Egypt
Who succeeded in bringing the papacy back to Rome after 70 years?
Gregory XI
Name 4 barbarian tribes
Huns, Saxons, Visigoths, Vandals
Who was Mohammed's first convert?
Khadijah
What was the feudal system?
social system of the Middle Ages
Who became king when Richard the Lion-hearted died?
John
How did John Huss die and why?
Burned at stake for heresy
Who translated the Bible into Latin before Jerome?
Athanasius
What 3 things did Charlemagne wish to establish in his empire?
law and order, culture, Christianity
Whom did William defeat at the Battle of Hastings?
Prince Harold
What was different about the way Aquinas sought to express CHristian revelation?
Used the systematic method of logic of Aristotle
What 2 empires vied for control of the Byzantine empire in the late Middle Ages?
Christian Byzantine and Muslim Ottoman
What council met before Chalcedon to resolve that Christ was God?
The Council of Nicea
What kingdom did Alfred the Great rule over?
England
Name 3 things common to a Gothic style cathedral.
Buttresses, tall windows, floor plans in shape of a cross
What kingdom did Kublai Khan inherit?
China
What was Gutenberg taught as a child that was unusual?
Reading
What became of monasteries as the Empire and cities declined?
They became schools.
What treaty divided Charlemagne's empire between his 3 grandsons?
Treaty of Verdun
List the 5 reasons that people went on Crusades.
pilgrimage to Holy Land, recapture sites, strike back, get an indulgence, acquire land
What caused the 100 years war?
King Edward attempted to enforce English claim on French throne.
Define humanism
man is the measure of all thing