Knighthood
True or False: knighthood was originally heroic.
Crusades were waged against this people group.
Who are Muslims?
What were the three estates of High Medieval society?
Those who fought (noble), those who worked (peasant), and those who prayed (clergy)?
This was the turning point in English (and French) history.
What is the Battle of Hastings Bridge (1066).
This is the encyclopedic systematization of the faith.
What is scholasticism.
This is the Latin-French word for a horse-price.
What is chivalry?
A crusade was an amalgam of these three things.
What is a pilgrimage, a holy war, and penance?
This agricultural form of government gave land and protection to peasants, taxation to nobles, and order for royals.
What is feudalism?
This man is the first king of the House of Normandy.
Who is William (I), the Conqueror?
This is the common title for the Dominicans.
What is the Order of Preachers?
These Church council decisions decreed that no knight could harm the defenseless or fight on Sundays, feast days, or especially harsh winters.
What is the Peace and True of God?
This is how Eastern Emperor Alexios I tried to ensure that the Western knights would only help rather than interfere with the affairs of his kingdom.
What is the Byzantine Oath?
This is the difference between slavery and serfdom.
What is voluntary?
This is the reason Henry I got into significant trouble with the Pope and Bishop Anselm.
What is the Investiture Controversy?
Saint Dominic Guzman popularized this devotional garment.
What is a rosary necklace?
Whom did the Church employ to write new knight stories, resulting in the birth of King Arthur legends.
Who was Christian of Troy?
This relic is discovered under the Church at Antioch, rallying the troops during the First Crusade.
What is the holy lance?
These two factors led to the population explosion of High Middle Europe (one mechanical, one natural).
What is the horse yoke and the Little Optimum?
This is when the pope excommunicates an entire region or country.
What is an interdict?
This is a poor preacher (monk-ish), usually Franciscan.
What is a mendicant friar.
To be a knight, one had to have this colorful symbol attached to his pedigree.
What is heraldry?
What reward did the Church offer to knights for crusading?
What is a plenary indulgence?
This was the theological cause of the Great Schism in 1054.
What is the filioque clause?
This was the term given to Henry II's wide rule.
What is the Angevin Kingdom?
This monk was known for preaching the second crusade, writing a spiritual commentary on song of Solomon, and establishing one of the most important monasteries of High Middle Europe.
Who is Bernard of Clairvoux?