Lawlessness and dangerous travel were the result of this.
What is the fall of Rome?
This is a community of men dedicated to living a holy life.
What is a monastery?
This English king installed a new legal system based on trial by jury and "common law".
Who is King Henry II?
This ruler waged war with the Muslim leader Saladin over control of the Holy Land.
Who is Richard the Lion-Heart?
This type of architecture had thin stone walls supported on the outside by flying buttresses.
What is Gothic architecture?
He was a king of the Franks who helped spread Christianity throughout Europe.
Who was Charlemagne?
This book written by an early Christian monk described the daily schedule of work and prayer for monastic life.
What is the Rule of Saint Benedict?
This Norman leader invaded England in A.D. 1066.
Who was William the Conqueror?
These were the religious wars fought over control of the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
This type of architecture had huge interior columns and round arches.
What is Romanesque?
They conducted raids and trading expeditions from the Irish coast to the Caspian Sea.
Who were the Vikings?
This book, written by Thomas Aquinas, used reason, logic and Aristotle's ideas to argue that God existed.
What is the Summa Theologica?
William the Conqueror defeated King Harold and established Norman rule over England after this battle.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
During the Third Crusade she ruled England while the king was away.
Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine?
This type of architecture includes pointed arches and stained-glass windows.
What is Gothic?
This document legalized the idea that not even the king of England had absolute power.
What is the Magna Carta?
This thirteenth-century author used reason and logic to explain Christian beliefs.
Who was Thomas Aquinas?
This is defined as the invasion and conquest of England in A.D. 1066 by William, Duke of Normandy.
What is the Norman Conquest?
This happened when Pope Urban II feared that the Seljuk Turks might keep Christians from visiting the Holy Land.
What is the First Crusade?
This type of architecture includes small windows and thick walls.
What is Romanesque?
This group gained most of the power, wealth, and influence during the late Middle Ages in Europe.
What are monarchs?
This monk founded an abbey at Monte Cassino and is known as the "father of Monasticism".
Who is Benedict of Nursia?
She was called the "Grandmother of Europe" for arranging her offspring's marriages to royal families across the continent.
Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine?
The Byzantine emperor asked the pope for help repelling Muslim invaders leading to this.
This architecture includes airy and spacious interiors filled with light.
What is Gothic?