Medieval History
What was a person called who fought in armor on horseback?
Knight
What is a jester know for doing?
Entertaining
A disease that killed millions in Europe during the midevil era?
The Black Plague
King Arthur became king from doing this act
What is pulling a Sword from a Stone
What is a large building that kings and queens live in?
Castle
What system divided society into classes like nobles, knights, and peasants?
Feudalism
What animal was often used to send messages over long distances?
Pigeon
What was a long journey taken for religious reasons called?
A Pilgrimage
The code of conduct knights followed
Code of Chivalry
Where you flee to is all else fails
What is the keep
This were usually empty, despite what we see from Hollywood
What are moats
This guy was the most powerful pope of the middle ages and possible inspiration for an early Britney Spears song?
Pope Innocent III
Oxford and Cambridge were established in England during this ironically named time period
What is the dark ages
Knights offered this for food from the peasants
What is protection
He vied with kings for the top spot
Who is the Pope
This kept people out, and could crush them if they were under it
What is a portcullis
The capital of the other half of the Roman Empire
What is Constantinople
This was a job for second sons
What is working for the church
The knights received this for being loyal to a king or lord
What is land
The cool up and down parts on the top of the walls
What are merlens and crenels
This aptly named things were used to drop things on invaders
What are murder holes
After the Fall of Rome, this is where most of Rome's power transferred to
Who is the Pope
This was the guy that split the Roman Empire into 2 parts
Who is Diocletian
How you got to be king
What is being the 1st born son
What is the Eastern Roman Empire