The Age of Crusade
The First Crusade
Carolingian Renaissance
The Franks
Norman Invasion
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This famous saint was the author of the Latin Rule of the Knights Templar

Bernard of Clairveux

100

These were the two main figures involved in the conflict between the emperor and pope over the authority to choose bishops.

Gregory VII and Henry IV

100

This king was crowned emperor on Christmas day, 800 AD

Charlemagne

100

At this battle the advance of the Ummayad Caliphate into Europe was stopped and the conquering of Christendom by the Muslims was prevented.

The Battle of Tours

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The king who died without an heir, leading to the conflict between rival claimants to the throne

Edward the Confessor

200

This was the military religious order that ran the Hospital of St. John in Jerusalem

Knights Hospitaller

200

The faction of Islam which historically supported Abu Bakr, the general of Mohammad, and his successors as the leader of the state and religion.

Sunni

200

This was the capital of the Frankish empire under Charlemagne

Aachen

200

This Frankish Mayor of the Palace held off the Muslim armies at the Battle of Tours.

Charles Martel

200

This person became king of England after the Norman Conquest of England and victory at the Battle of Hastings.

William the Conquerer

300

Because of this, pilgrims were able to travel to Jerusalem, even when it was controlled by Muslims

Treaty of Jaffa

300

At this council, Urban II called for the retaking of the Holy Land and for the aid of Christians in the East

Council of Clermont

300

This was the clear, legible form of writing that was standardized for the whole empire by Charlemagne.

Carolingian Miniscule

300

This Merovingian king united the smaller Germanic tribes around him into one Frankish kingdom

Clovis I

300

This is an embroidered cloth that depicts the events leading up to and following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066

Bayeux Tapestry

400

These were the four crusader states founded after the retaking of the Holy Land

The Kingdom of Jerusalem, The County of Tripoli, The County of Edessa, and the Principality of Antioch

400

This was the spiritual leader of the Crusader army in the First Crusade

Bishop Adhemar of le Puy

400

The seven liberal arts of the Trivium and Quadrivium

Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, Astronomy, Music, Arithmetic, and Geometry

400

The king’s chief official who held even more political power than the king towards the end of the Merovingian dynasty.

Mayor of the Palace

400

This marked the beginning of the Norman Conquest and was the pivotal event of the succession crisis after the death of Edward the Confessor.

Battle of Hastings

500

This was the final battle of the crusader states, which also led to the last days of the Templars in the Holy Land

The Siege of Acre

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These were the eight generals leading the crusader forces in the First Crusade

Hugh of Vermandois, Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemond of Toronto, Raymond IV of Toulouse, Robert of Normandy, Robert of Flanders, Stephen of Blois, and Tatikios

500

These were the types of institutions set up by Carolingian Renaissance for the renewal of education and scholarship.

Scriptoria, Monastery Schools, and Cathedral Schools

500

The father of Charlemagne and first Carolingian king of the Franks

Pepin the Short

500

This person claimed the English throne immediately after the death of Edward, asserting that he had promised it to him before he died.

Harold Godwinson

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