Struggles in Medieval Europe

Conflicts between Monarchs and the Church

100

This decentralized Empire in Central Europe is often abbreviated as the HRE

Holy Roman Empire

200

This is the name for the head of the Catholic Church

The Pope

300

This woman bravely led French armies against England in the Battle of Orleans, contributing to the French victory in this battle

Joan of Arc

400

This was the name of the Frankish Emperor who united much of Western Europe in the late 700s and early 800s.

Charlemagne

500

This was the power of the Pope to exclude a person from the Catholic Church

Excommunicate

The Crusades and Reconquista

100

This is the name for the series of military campaigns to establish control over the Holy Land

The Crusades

200

This is the name for the movement to drive Muslims from Spain by Christian countries

The Reconquista

300

This religious leader called for The Crusades 

The Pope

400

This city was the prized goal of The Crusades due to its role as a religious site for Christianity, Judaism and Islam

Jerusalem

500

This is the name for the Peninsula where the Reconquista took place

The Iberian Peninsula

The Plague

100

The Bubonic Plague or the Great Dying refer to this epidemic which ravaged Europe during the 1300s

The Black Death

200

The Bubonic Plague spread to Europe from this continent in the 1300s

Asia

300

These tiny animals were believed to carry the Bubonic Plague on rats and clothes in the Middle Ages, contributing to the spread of this epidemic

Fleas

400

Today, the Bubonic Plague can be treated using this medicine

Antibiotics

500

Europeans were eventually able to mostly end the epidemic of the Black Death by doing this to infected merchants who entered cities

Quarantine

Other Struggles in Medieval Europe

100

This war occurred between England and France from 1337 - 1453 over who should rule over France

The Hundred Year's War

200

This event occurred when peasants and members of the clergy such as Martin Luther and John Calvin began to protest the Catholic Church in an attempt to reform its practices

The Protestant Reformation

300

In the late 1300s, Feudalism began to decline when these peasants who worked on manors and did not have freedom of movement began to burn manors and kill lords

Serfs

400

The Great ________ occurred when many Europeans died of starvation during the early 1300s

Famine

500

Many of the conflicts in Medieval Europe occurred due to religious conflicts between these two major religions

Christianity and Islam