Religion
Women who served God were called this
What were nuns?
This was the city that the Christians, Jews, and Muslims fought over
What was Jerusalem?
England, Russia, Spain, Germany, and this country were the first five nation-states
What is France?
This is a mixture of charcoal, saltpeter and sulfur. It is used in bullets to create hot gasses
What is gunpowder?
This was the religious the community where monks lived
What is a monastery?
This crusade was the result of the Seljuk Turks seizing some of the Crusader states
What is the second crusade?
This was the capital of the Byzantine Empire
What was Constantinople?
This was an organized effort to drive all non-Christians out of Spain
What was the Reconquista?
This person is a paid soldier
Who is a mercenary?
This person created a set of rules to stop the spread of the Black Plague
Who was Quinto Tiberio Angelerio?
These members of the church hierarchy directly served the Pope as well as carrying out their own duties
What were Cardinals?
This was where the vikings first came from, the location of modern day Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
What is Scandinavia?
This was the nation-state that unified later than the others
What is Germany?
This was the set of principles that warriors were obligated to follow
What was chivalry?
This was the separation of the Catholic church into the Roman Catholic Churchand Eastern Orthodox Church
What is the Great Schism?
There were a total of this many crusades, not just the four most famous ones
What is nine?
Rome was located in this political unit
What is the Papal States
This person unified England after the War of Roses
Who was Henry VII?
This was the language spoken by the townspeople of any area
What is vernacular?
DOUBLE POINTS!!!
This person was the grandfather of Æthelstan, the first King of England. This person united the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the 870s
Who was King Alfred the Great?
This group of people were often the only literate members of society
What is a clergy?
This was the city where the pope lived for over half a century
What is Avignon?
The Eastern Orthodox Church influenced the unification of this country
What is Russia?
This was a time period during European economic expansion, colonialism, and mercantilism
What was the commercial revolution?
This was another name for the time of the Middle Ages. This term had to do with religion and Christianity
What is the Age of Faith?