Religion and Education in the Middle Ages
Important Dates
1st and 2nd
Crusades
3rd and 4th
Crusades
The best of the rest
Mr. E Mystery
With a side of Spain
100

What type of people typically received an education during the Middle ages?

Rich people/Nobility

100

Muslims first conquer the Holy Land.

635 AD

100

Pope who called for the 1st crusade?

Urban II

100

Leader of the crusader army.

(3rd Crusade)

Richard the Lionheart

100

Crusade in which thousands of Children attempted to recapture the Holy Land.

Children's Crusade

100

Mr. E was not raised by his mother and father, who raised him?

Grandparents 

200

Type of school located in a monastary.

Monastic Schools

200

Muslims conquer Iberian Peninsula (Spain).

711 AD

200

Name of Islamic group who closed Jerusalem to Christians and threatened the city of Constantinople?

Seljuk Turks

200

Leader of the Muslim army?

(3rd Crusade)

Saladin

200

French king who led the 7th and 8th crusades?

Louis IX

200

700+ year struggle to recapture the Iberian Peninsula (Spain) from the Muslims

Reconquista

300

Types of schools, focussing on Latin grammar, that popped up with the development of the middle class.

Grammar schools.

300

Year Seljuk Turks defeated Byzantine Empire at Battle of Manzikert

1071 AD

300

Crusaders laid siege to this city for 38 days in 1099 before capturing it and winning the 1st crusade.

Jerusalem

300

Christian city attacked by crusaders as part of a deal with Venice?

Zara

300

What was the name of the treaty that gave Christians control of Jerusalem for 10 years ending the 6th crusade?

Treaty of Jaffa

300

What town did Mr. E live in when he was your age?

Blanco

400

The first university was opened in 1088 in what city?

Bologna, Italy

400

Year of the great schism

1054 AD

400

Muslim capture of this city kicked off the 2nd crudade.

Edessa

400

What city was sacked, ending the 4th crusade?

Constantinople

400

Name of the city in Egypt captured by the crusaders with the hopes of trading it for Jerusalem in the 5th crusade.

Damietta

400

When Mr. E was growing up, he lived right next to what kind of church?

Catholic

500

Noble girls were often sent here to receive an education from about ages 7 to 14.

Convent

500

Crusades end with the fall of Acre.

1191 AD

500

Crusaders surrounded this city for only 4 days before retreating and ending the 2nd crusade.

Damascus

500

How did the 3rd crusade end?

Peace treaty allowing muslims to retain Jerusalem, but Christians are allowed to pilgrimage.

500

Name of the monk who led the people's or peasant's crusade?

Peter the Hermit

500

Christian monarchs who conquered Grenada, completing the Reconquista.  Also funded Christopher Columbus.

Ferdinand and Isabella