Misc. & Saints
The great Roman Empire left many valuable gifts and knowledge. What prevented the barbarians from destroying all that Rome left to us?
The Church.
Man sent by Pope Gregory the Great to convert the barbarous Anglo-Saxon tribes in England.
St. Augustine
Definition of a monk.
One who lives alone
The central part of a monastery.
A grassy courtyard
Fra Angelico's saying
To picture Christ, one must become Christ-like.
The places where the first schools were built in the Middle Ages.
A palace
Courtyard of a cathedral
Cloister of an abbey
The motto of the workers who built Churches.
"Not how much, but how well."
The Church protected subjects who were ill treated by the king or nobles by this.
The right of sanctuary
There were this many wars fought from 1095 to 1291 between Christians and Turks.
Eight.
Type of government established in Palestine once the Crusaders conquered the land.
Feudal government.
The Church send her monks to these people to teach them how to clear forests, till the soil, and make roads, build bridges.
The barbarians
The name of the King (in England!) who married a Frankish princess who was a Christian and listened to the preaching of the monks and was converted, helping St. Augustine to help Christianity spread throughout England.
King Ethelbert
The first monks who lived alone were called by this name.
Hermits
Passageway that surrounds the grassy courtyard where monks could sit and work, walk up and down and pray.
The cloister
These people wrote the books to preserve what the people of the ancient nations had written.
The monks
Many of the students of these first schools became one of these three things.
monk, priest, clerk
The reason an artist made a beautiful painting in a place that no one would ever see.
Because God can see it
The rule that prevented fighting on Thursday in honor of the Ascension, on Friday in honor of the Passion, on Saturday in honor of Our Lady, on Sunday in honor of the Resurrection, and in Lent and Advent.
The Truce of God
The reason for the wars between the Christians and Turks.
To get back the sacred shrines in the Holy Land.
The number of Crusades.
Seven.
The order that St. Dominic founded to convert heretics.
The Order of Preachers
Columba was an Irish man with a bad temper. He is known as the apostle of this country.
Scotland
The monks also taught the people this lesson by their example.
Men are equal and should help one another.
Our Lord's words that motivated the monks to care for travelers.
"I was a stranger and you took me in"
The practice of Fra Angelico before starting any picture.
To kneel and pray
The greatest writing of St. Thomas Aquinas.
The Summa
The great hymn of praise and thanksgiving.
Te Deum
or
Holy God we Praise Thy Name
Normandy
The reason why the wars between Christians and Turks were called the Crusades.
Red crosses fastened to Christians' armor.
Name of Richard the Lion-Hearted's faithful squire who wandered as a minstrel all over Europe to find him and deliver him from prison in Austria.
Blondel
When rulers became greedy and selfish, the Church did this for the people.
Defended the people
The English monk who told the story of St. Augustine in England.
Bede the Venerable Scholar
St. Jerome, St. Paul (not the apostle), and St. Anthony (not of Padua) were holy men who thought they could pray better if they were alone so they left to this place.
The desert
A cross
The reason why we know about events in the Middle Ages.
Monks wrote everything down
Clerks
The structure which held up the tall slender towers of Churches.
Flying buttresses
This right was disputed for a long time between temporal and spiritual powers. The pope decided that he alone would appoint all bishops or archbishops, which prevented kings and nobles from choosing them.
The Turks were also this.
Mohammedans.
Reasons why people joined the Crusades. (Name one)
1- Great sinners saw it as a chance to do penance
2- Great criminals went to avoid punishment
3- Merchants went to sell and learn about Eastern goods
4- Knights went to perform deeds of valor and chivalry
When Italy was overrun by the fierce German tribes, the Church did this for the people.
Protecting the people
The meaning of Boniface.
Well done
Some of the hermits of the Middle Ages built their hut beside a bridge to do this act of charity for travelers.
Keeping the bridge in good repair
Monks gave land to those who settled around their monastery and taught people to do this important work.
Till the soil
Name of the document where monks wrote down the news announced to them by travelers and minstrels.
Chronicle
Subjects learned in early medieval schools. Points go to the team who can name the most.
Grammar, music, arithmetic, architecture, sculpture, painting, literature, writing.
Funny little figures, half animal and half man that were supposed to frighten away Satan and his followers.
Gargoyles
The Archbishop of Canterbury at the time of King Henry II in England.
Thomas à Becket
The person who led a mob of unprepared, excited people who mostly died along the way or who were killed or taken by the Turks.
Peter the Hermit
When the Attila the Hun arrived with his army at the gates of Rome, this great man went to meet them to persuade them to turn back.
Pope Leo the Great
The name of St. Boniface before he received that name.
Winfried
St. Christopher, the patron saint of travelers, lived with a hermit and did this act of charity for travelers.
Carried people across the stream
The monks also helped the people with these 4 big tasks: check your book!
- drain swamps
- build bridges
- cut down trees
- make roads
How ancient books were preserved.
By monks copying them
This institution began by very learned men teaching and preaching in towns. People would crowd to hear him and then several teachers would collect in one place.
Universities
Style of architecture in the great cathedrals of the Middle Ages.
Gothic architecture
That clergy should not be punished in the king's courts of justice.
The equivalent of the Bible for Muslims.
Koran
John.
This great pope not only supplied people with food and water during times of war, but also helped the poor, ransomed Christian captives taken by the Mohammedans.
Pope Gregory the Great
St. Boniface went all the way from England to Rome beginning his mission to obtain this.
The blessing of the Holy Father on his work
The saint who wrote a rule for how monks are to live together.
St. Benedict
Idleness
Parchment
This is the way students learned in Universities.
Copying what the teacher says word for word.
Names of cathedral in France with Gothic Architecture
Notre Dame de Paris
Chaucer, the first great English poet, wrote this book about pilgrims going to St. Thomas' shine which describes people of all classes at the time.
Canterbury Tales
The Arabians taught us these.
(and many words that start with "al")
The saint who carried on the last Crusades and was taken prisoner.
King St. Louis of France
Name of the order who wears corse grey robes.
Franciscans
St. Boniface was tasked by the Pope to do this work.
Finish the conversion of Germans.
St. Benedicts rule divides the day into these two parts.
Working and Praying
In a monastery, this man is the noblest one of them all.
The greatest servant.
The material parchment paper was made of.
Skin of sheep or goats
The monk who was a scientist.
Roger Bacon
The name of the monk who lived at the monastery of Saint-Gall who wrote "Hail Holy Queen!" and "Bright Mother of Our Maker, Hail!"
Hermann
The name of the English king who refused to accept the new Archbishop chosen by the pope.
King John
Pilgrims visited these three places when they visited the Holy Land.
1- grotto at Bethlehem
2- the Via Dolorosa
3- Holy Sepulcher
The reason the French children were told to go home instead of going on the Crusade.
Theology professors said it wasn't a good idea.
Followers of St. Francis were called by this name.
friars or brothers
St. Boniface founded this great monastery.
Fulda
The motto of the Benedictines, "Laborare est orare" has this meaning in English.
To work is to pray.
The houses in which monks began to live together.
Monasteries
The name of the drawings which were painted in books that included flowers, birds, angel heads and beautiful calligraphy.
Illuminations
The name of the calendar corrected by Pope Gregory the XIII when Roger Bacon discovered the previous one was incorrect.
The Gregorian calendar
A procession
Pope Innocent III gave this type of order to the King of England that there would be no Mass said and no church bells rung in all of England until he accepted the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
An interdict
A fierce tribe of Turks
Three orders of soldier monks
1- Knights Templars
2- Knights of St. John (Hospitallers)
3- Teutonic Knights
St. Francis asked each of his brothers to practice this.
A trade
St. Patrick was a missionary to this country.
Ireland
People were honored to help monks build these.
Churches and schools
Since there were no hotels in the Middle Ages and the inns were not always comfortable or safe, the monasteries performed this act of charity.
Cared for travelers
The reason for Fra Angelico's (Brother Angel) name.
Because he painted so many angels.
The Angelic Doctor.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Monks wrote these and taught them to the people.
Hymns
The Church has done these things (8) which team can name the most?
1. Preserved the civilization of the ancient world
2. Brought Christianity to the rude tribes
3. Taught the dignity of work
4. Built Cathedrals
5. Established universities
6. Taught the love of one's neighbor by caring for poor, sick, and homeless.
7. Stood between the harsh rulers and their subjects
The second reason for the Crusades (other than the Turks killing Christians or driving them out of the Holy Land).
Turks were attacking the Byzantine Empire.
Purpose of the soldier monks.
Defend the land taken away from the Turks in the Holy Land.
Because of the black cloak they wear over their white robe
Columba's bad temper caused him to start a battle with his friends against the king. This was his penance:
To leave Ireland and to bring as many men to Christ as were killed by his bad temper.
Given by the Church to those who were the benefactors and builders of bridges.
A special blessing
First thing monks did when receiving a guest in their monastery.
Prayed with them
A woman who wrote very learned and very beautiful books on the knowledge and love of God.
St. Theresa of Avila
St. Thomas Aquinas asked this from our Lord.
"Nothing but Thyself, O Lord!"
The hymn which we sing during the procession on Good Friday which was first sung in 569 when a relic of the cross was brought from the East.
Vexilla Regis
The place where St. Thomas à Becket was martyred.
The Cathedral of Canterbury
The name of the meeting Pope Urban II called in 1095 in France to call the people to the First Crusade.
Council of Clermont.
Leaders of the First Crusade for regular armies. (Name one)
1- Robert of Normandy (Oldest son of William the Conqueror!)
2- Godfrey of Bouillon + brother Baldwin
3- Raymond of Toulouse
4- Bohemond
The work of the Dominican sisters.
To care for young girls
Names of some other monks from Ireland
St. Columbanus & Saint Gall
Words of our Lord that motivated the monks to care for the sick.
"I was sick and you visited me"
Hospitals started out as a work of mercy pioneered by monks. Before this, monks cared for the sick in and around their own monastery. The famous monastery at Citeaux once cared for this number of sufferers for many months.
Two thousand.
A woman who established a convent for women in Germany at the request of St. Boniface. This convent became so remarkable for learning that Charlemagne called the woman to his court for advice.
St. Lioba
What a girl learned. Points go to the team who can give the most correct answers! 8 possible points.
- Keep the house in good order, read Church music, embroider, care for the sick, farm and garden, choose servants, look after the laborers, cooks, bakers, and shoemakers, make sure the horses and sheep are cared for
A hymn we pray on Fridays during Lent for the Stations of the Cross.
Stabat Mater
Thomas à Becket and King Henry II were this to each other.
Friends
Million dollar question: Results of the Crusades. Memorize this for the test!
1- Made people very zealous
2- Increased the power of the Pope
3- Broke up the feudal system
4- Made the ideals of knighthood and chivalry grow stronger
5- Brought jasmine flowers, camellia, double rose, rice, sugar cane, oranges, lemons, apricots, asparagus, glass, cotton, muslin, damask, velvet, silk, satin, spices, dyes, and perfumes to Europe
6- Taught Europeans about cleanliness, Greek and Latin learning, medicine, numbers, and geography.
7- Increased trade
The location of the libraries in the Middle Ages.
The monastery
A woman who wrote many books and was asked to advise popes, emperors, and learned men. She also wrote beautiful music.
St. Hildegarde
A women who was the superior of two great houses: a convent of nuns and a monastery where the monks were so learned that 5 of them were chosen to become bishops.
St. Hilda
Two hymns written by St. Thomas Aquinas which are benediction hymns.
Tantum Ergo and O Salutaris