Vocab
"Christendom" comes from what two words?
Christian + Kingdom
Hospitals were often run by _____________, and care was mostly about prayer and comfort, not curing disease.
Monks/Nuns/Religious People
When _________ fell... knowledge, culture, technology and the army fell with it. Without a unified government, most people looked to the Church for leadership.
Rome
Fill in the blank: Cathedrals were built to try to display the glory of _______.
God
-Wealthy merchants hired artists to devote their time to creating art in this era. Those who hired artists were called _________.
Patrons
____________ - a large church building
Cathedral
During the medieval era, most people were ______________ with very few rights.
Peasants or Serfs
Medicine was very different back then from today. It was based more on superstition and religion than science. Most believed illness was a punishment from God or caused by bad air or evil spirits.
Name 1 of the 2 weird/unique ways doctors of this time tried to "treat" people.
Leeches or Bloodletting
The Church had huge influence, even in legal matters. Breaking Church law could lead to _______________.
Trials were sometimes decided by ordeals (like carrying hot iron) or oaths. Later, ideas like trial by jury began to form.
Excommunication
Laws were based on _____________—a system where kings, lords, and knights had power over land and people.
Feudalism
____________ - taking away sin so people can go to Heaven.
Salvation
Describe 1 of the 3 main features in either Romanesque or Gothic style architecture.
Romanesque (thick walls, round arches, small windows)
Gothic (tall, pointed arches, flying buttresses, large stained glass windows).
Monks copied many books by hand helping to preserve knowledge from Rome. The Church brought stability, provided _________ and helped the _________.
Name 1 to get the points. Name both blanks to swap 1 player with another team OR take 2 extra shots.
Education; Poor
Government in Medieval Europe was based on the feudal system, where power was organized through land ownership and loyalty.
At the top was the king, but real control was shared with ________________, who promised to protect the land in exchange for loyalty and military service.
Nobles or Lords
Name 2 of the 4 biggest known artist of the Renaissance.
- Which one of them painted The Last Supper & The Mona Lisa? (Get 1 extra shot)
- Which one of them sculpted Moses? (1 extra shot)
Donatello (1386-1466) Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Raphael (1483-1520), and Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Leonardo; Michaelangelo
____________________removing someone’s membership to a church. (kick them out!)
Excommunication
-From 1300 to 1600, a new artistic expression came about that would later be dubbed by historians as the era of the Renaissance, which means ________.
Italy became the first nation to experience this cultural movement that eventually swept many areas of Europe and forever changed the world. Christianity was also a main inspiration for the artistic expressions of this era.
Rebirth
The Bubonic Plague was a bacterial infection that spread through the ____on ____. The Black Plague peaked in the mid 1300s and killed millions in Europe.
Fleas; Rats
The Catholic Church was also extremely powerful—it influenced laws, kings, and even collected its own taxes.
Over time, important changes started to happen. For example, in 1215, the _______________ was signed, limiting the king's power and planting early seeds of democracy.
Magna Carta
One word, fill in the blank: Roman architecture, which was impacted by _______ culture, was often utilized in Renaissance art. European scholars also began studying the _______ language and _______ texts.
Eastern Europeans fled their region when the Muslim Turks gained the area of Constantinople in 1453. They brought _______ manuscripts of portions the Bible and other manuscripts with them.
Greek
-Prior to the Renaissance, many Catholic Christians practiced _____________, denying oneself worldly pleasure and living simply.
Asceticism (Pronounced: uh·seh·tuh·si·zm)
_____-________ appeared in great number in Northern Italy, partially due to the trade that came about during the Crusades (1095-1291 CE).
-These urban clusters became areas where new ideas could spread rapidly and evolved quickly.
City-States
The ________ Death of the _________ plague killed a lot of the population, peaking in the mid 1300s. Those left as survivors demanded higher wages for their work and pursued artistic interests.
Swap 1 player OR pick 1 team to get skipped next if you can tell me what percent of the population was killed from this plague.
Black; Bubonic
Half the population (50%)
I asked you to write down at least 2 of the 6 main rules from St. Benedict during this era while he ran his monastery. What were 2 of the 6 you chose to learn?
Name 4 of them and you can either steal 1 player to add to your team OR you can get 2 extra shots.
Name all 6 and you get 4 extra shots.
1. All monks in the monastery are seen as equals.
2. We must not talk too much.
3. We will create schools for the Lord’s service to teach the way to salvation.
4. We will pray daily, many times.
5. We must care for the old, sick and very young.
6. We will eat two times a day and will not eat the meat of any four-footed animals.
During this era, many traders gained wealth and power in society. Prior to this age, many had rank and power in society through being born in the family lineage of nobility.
-Merchants did not inherit their power, they earned it through trade. The _________ family rose to become one of the most powerful merchant families.
Medici (Pronounced: MEH-DEH-CHEE)