St. Benedict
What year is associated with St. Benedict and Monasticism?
What is 540 A.D.
What major work did St. Jerome complete in 405 A.D.?
What is the Vulgate?
When did barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire begin?
What is 400 A.D.?
Where did Justinian rule?
What is Constantinople?
Charlemagne’s grandfather was a famous warrior. Who was he?
Who is Charles Martel?
What were the three vows monks took in Benedictine monasteries?
What are poverty, chastity, and obedience?
What languages was the Bible originally written in before Jerome’s translation?
What are Hebrew and Greek?
Which two tribes merged to form the Anglo-Saxons?
What are the Angles and Saxons?
What was Justinian’s legal contribution called?
What is the Code of Law?
What was Charlemagne’s favorite book?
What is The City of God by Augustine?
Why did early Christians move into the desert?
What is to follow Christ’s demand for self-denial and to separate from the world?
What is one primary source about St. Jerome besides the Vulgate?
What is the Letter to Heliodorus?
What Old English story features a hero who defeats a monster named Grendel?
What is Beowulf?
What was the purpose of his Code of Law?
What is to unify his empire under Christian principles?
What two goals did Charlemagne pursue in his reign?
What are law/order and Christian civilization?
What name was given to young noble boys sent to monasteries?
What are monks-in-training or child monks?
Why did Jerome include the Apocrypha despite his reluctance?
What is because it was part of the commonly accepted Scriptures of his time?
Who was the barbarian leader detailed by Priscus?
Who is Attila the Hun?
What grand church did Justinian build that still stands today?
What is the Hagia Sophia?
What artifact did Charlemagne take from the Lombards?
What is the Iron Crown?
What was the title of the document St. Benedict wrote for monastery rules?
What is “The Rule of St. Benedict”?
Which language was the New Testament originally written in and why?
What is Greek, because it was the common language of the time?
Why was Beowulf written in poetic form?
What is because poetry was easier to remember and perform?
Which regions did Justinian reconquer during his reign?
What are Italy and Northern Africa?
Name one primary source for Charlemagne’s life.
What is the Royal Frankish Annals?