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100
This English king signed the Magna Carta.
Who is King John?
100
These French kings were known for imposing royal law over their lands
Who are the Capetians?
100
This was the campaign to force Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).
What is the Reconquista?
100
An outbreak of a rapidly spreading disease
What is an epidemic?
100
After the Reconquista was finished, this Spanish queen launched a crusade of her own against Muslims and Jews in her lands.
Who is Isabella?
200
This French king was known for being very religious, and was even sainted after his death.
Who is King Louis IX?
200
This caused peasants to move to cities in the 1300s.
What is conversion of crop lands to pasture?
200
This series of wars over control of the Holy Land pitted Christian Europeans against Muslims.
What are the Crusades?
200
The language used by regular people
What is vernacular?
200
This major change was due to the increasing need for educated clergy.
What is creation of universities?
300
This Holy Roman Emperor fought to control Northern Italian cities.
Who is Friedrich Barbarossa?
300
This French epic poem tells the story of a true hero who sacrificed his life out of his sense of honor.
What is the Song of Roland?
300
This city was captured by Christian knights in the First Crusade.
What is Jerusalem?
300
Artistic decoration of books in the Gothic style
What is illumination?
300
This style of architecture is known for tall windows and graceful spires.
What is Gothic?
400
This English king made Parliament include representatives from the common people.
Who is King Edward I?
400
This emperor's involvement in campaigns in Italy allowed German nobles the chance to become more independent.
Who is Friedrich II?
400
A decline in papal power started in 1309, after Pope Clement V did this.
What is move the papal court to Avignon, France?
400
Use of reason to support Christian beliefs
What is scholasticism?
400
This king was forced to sign a document limiting his power because he needed to appease rebellious nobles who were mad about his abuses of power.
Who is John I?
500
This author of Summa Theological concluded that there is no conflict between logic and faith.
Who is Thomas Aquinas?
500
Monarchs used this method of gaining power in the Middle Ages.
What is strengthening ties to the middle class?
500
At this event in 1095, Pope Urban II rallied Christians to help drive the Turks out of the Holy Land.
What is the Council of Clermont?
500
The appointment of bishops by non-clergy (kings, emperors)
What is lay investiture?
500
Science made little progress during the Middle Ages because of this.
What is difficulty making it fit with Church teachings?
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