Charles the Great
Charlemagne crossed the Alps and restored Pope Leo III to the papal throne. For these deeds, Pope Leo III gave him this title.
What is Holy Roman Emperor?
This king was called by his nickname, which is Latin for 'hammer'.
Who is Charles Martel (or Martellus)?
This Saint is called 'the Apostle to the Germans'.
Who is Saint Boniface?
This is the name of Muslim occupied Spain in the 800s, famous for the Mozarabic style of Art, Architecture, and Culture.
What is Al-Andalus?
Charles the Great defeated the Saxons, converting many of them from this false religion along the way.
What is paganism? (Arian Christianity is also an acceptable answer).
This man is the son of Charles Martel, and father of Charles the Great.
Who is Pepin the Short?
This Byzantine Emperor saved Constantinople, but promulgated the Iconoclast Heresy.
Who is Emperor Leo III?
This is name for the 800 year-long re-conquest of the Iberian peninsula by Spanish and Portuguese Christians.
What is the Reconquista?
Charles the Great brought political order to the Franks, dividing the kingdom into these.
What are counties?
This man was the First Carolingian King of the Franks, ordained by St. Boniface.
Who is Pepin the Short?
This Saint is notable for writing The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, as well as many other great scholarly works.
Who is Bede the Venerable?
This is the heresy that literally means 'icon-breaker', and taught that Christians ought never to use icons in worship.
What is iconoclasm?
Charlemagne defeated these peoples, which allowed central Italy to return to the rule of the Pope.
Who are the Lombards?
Charles Martel defeated the Muslims forces at this battle, preventing further Muslim invasions from Spain.
What is the Battle of Tours?
When St. Boniface was martyred, he used this as his shield.
What is a Bible?
This is the political idea that Church and State should work together to help the poor, protect the innocent, preserve justice, and uphold religion.
What is Christendom?
What are Benedictine Monasteries?
This man is the great-grandson of Charlemagne, bearing his name plus a little extra weight.
Who is Charles the Fat?
This is the name of the Muslim leader who Charles Martel defeated at the Battle of Tours.
Who is Abd-ar-Rahman?
This is name of those who kept the use of Icons in Churches, literally meaning 'icon-servers'.
Who are the iconodules?