Queens, Kings, and Dynasties
Church and Heresy
Warfare and Crusades
Literature and Learning
Architecture and Culture
100

She was both queen of France and England and heavily involved in court culture

Who is Eleanor of Aquitaine?

100

This 1215 council required Christians to confess once per year.

What is the Fourth Lateran Council?

100

This Muslim leader retook Jerusalem, prompting the Third Crusade.

Who is Saladin?

100

 the story of Charlemagne’s warriors.

What is The Song of Roland?

100

This architectural style features rounded arches and thick walls.

What is Romanesque?

200

This dynasty included Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, and King John.

What is the Plantagenet dynasty?

200

This group was the target of the Albigensian Crusade

Who were the Cathars?

200

This type of raid used by Edward III aimed to terrorize the French countryside.

What is a chevauchée?

200

The trivium of the liberal arts included grammar, logic, and this.

rhetoric

200

These wandering poet-musicians wrote songs of chivalry and courtly love.

Who were troubadours?

300

This king’s death without a male heir led to the Hundred Years’ War.

Who is Charles IV of France?

300

This pope clashed with Frederick II and later established the Papal Inquisition.

Who is Pope Gregory IX?

300

This battle saw the French king John II captured by the English.

What is the Battle of Poitiers?

300

This theologian tried to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine.

Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?

300

This type of castle included a central stone tower used as a last defense.

What is a stone keep castle?

400

This ruler’s mother was French, which he used to claim the French throne in 1337

Who is Edward III of England?

400

He was burned at the stake for heresy in Bohemia after calling for Church reform.

Who is Jan Hus?

400

She helped Charles VII reclaim France and was burned for heresy.

Who is Joan of Arc?

400

This author journeyed through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven in his Divine Comedy.

Who is Dante?

400

The Gothic style introduced this key structural innovation that allowed taller buildings.

What is the flying buttress?

500

He was the father of the Lancastrian line and an influential noble during the reign of Richard II.

Who is John of Gaunt?

500

This doctrine affirms that bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Christ.

What is transubstantiation?

500

This treaty, signed in 1360 during the Hundred Years’ War, temporarily ended hostilities by granting Edward III large territories in France—but he had to renounce his claim to the French crown.

What is the Treaty of Brétigny?

500

He was a controversial teacher and author of Sic et Non, known for his affair with Héloïse.

Who is Peter Abelard?

500

This legendary court was central to medieval tales of honor, magic, and tragedy.

What is the Arthurian legend?