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Clovis
Who was the king of the Franks who converted to Catholicism?
100
Urban II
Which pope declared a holy war to conquer the Holy Land?
100
serf
Who is on the bottom of the medieval social pyramid?
100
Charlemagne's coronation
What is Christmas Day 800 AD
100
Aachen
What was the capital of Charlemagne's empire?
200
Saladin
Who is the Muslim leader who led the armies against Richard the Lionhearted?
200
Gregory VII
Which pope argued with Henry IV about appointing bishops?
200
Expelling a Catholic from the Church?
What is excommunication?
200
Children's Crusade
Who were 20,000 to 30,000 children who tried to travel to the Holy Land, but died of starvation, disease or were sold into slavery.
200
Normandy
What is the home of William the Conqueror?
300
King John
Which English king signed the Magna Carta?
300
Gregory VII
Who was the pope who excommunicated Henry IV? Which pope declared that kings could not appoint bishops?
300
a fief
What is the land given to a vassal?
300
Black Death
What is the plague which swept through Europe in the 1300s killing roughly 1/3 of the population?
300
Jersualem
What is the city considered holy by three religions?
400
Frederick Barbarossa
Who is the Holy Roman Emperor who drowned on his way to the Third Crusade?
400
Gregory the Great
Which pope sent missionaries to convert Europe?
400
monastery
What is the building where monks live and study?
400
The First Crusade
What is the only true successful Crusade?
400
Moscow
What is the city founded on trade routes, now the capital of modern Russia?
500
William the Conqueror
Which Duke of Normany conquered England in 1066?
500
Leo III
Who crowned Charlemagne?
500
The Crusades
What is a military campaign designed to retake the Holy Land from the Muslims?
500
Carolingian Renaissance
What is the rebirth of knowledge and education promoted by Charlemagne?
500
Constantinople
What is the city of Byzantium, now known as Istanbul?