Gothic Architecture
This architectural feature supported the high walls of Gothic cathedrals.
What is a flying buttress?
This nun experienced divine visions and composed sacred music.
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
This author wrote The Divine Comedy, a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
This emperor was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 CE.
Who is Charlemagne?
This term describes music with two or more independent melodies.
What is polyphony?
This was the main symbolic goal of building upward in Gothic design.
What is to lift the soul toward heaven?
The practice of silence, prayer, and manuscript copying happened in these sacred spaces.
What are monasteries?
This Italian author imagined nobles escaping the plague and telling stories in The Decameron.
Who is Giovanni Boccaccio?
This style of writing, developed in the Carolingian Renaissance, helped preserve texts
What is Carolingian minuscule?
This type of sacred music, performed in unison without harmony, was central to monastic worship in the medieval period.
What is Gregorian chant?
This abbot helped pioneer Gothic design at the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis.
Who is Abbot Suger?
This playwright nun adapted classical Roman drama into Christian stories like The Legend of Theophilus.
Who is Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim?
This author wrote The Legend of Theophilus, retelling classical drama with Christian themes.
Who is Hrotsvitha (Roswitha)?
This teenage girl helped rally the French during the Hundred Years’ War, claiming divine guidance.
Who is Joan of Arc?
This musical style, meaning “New Art,” emerged in 14th-century France.
What is Ars Nova?
This English cathedral is known for its fan vaults and peak Gothic energy.
What is Gloucester Cathedral?
This Christian philosopher attempted to reconcile faith and reason in his work Summa Theologica.
Who is Thomas Aquinas?
This English writer created The Canterbury Tales, a satirical journey with diverse characters.
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
The Black Plague arrived in Europe in this year.
What is 1347?
This composer of Messe de Nostre Dame is considered the GOAT of Ars Nova.
Who is Guillaume de Machaut?
This phrase refers to the architectural technique of shifting weight outward, allowing stained glass to replace thick walls.
What is structural skeletal framing?
This early Christian monastic movement originated in the Egyptian desert and inspired later monastic orders in Europe.
What is Desert monasticism (or the Desert Fathers)?
In The Divine Comedy, this character symbolizes Divine Love and serves as Dante’s guide to Paradise.
Who is Beatrice?
This long conflict between England and France (1337–1453) reshaped European identity and featured key figures like Joan of Arc.
What is the Hundred Years’ War?
This philosophical text by Aquinas tried to reconcile reason and faith during the chaos of the 14th century.
What is Summa Theologica?