Politics of the Middle Ages
What was the English legal system based on court rulings called?
Common Law
"New Rome" the capital of Byzantium
Constantinople
Mongol armies who conquered the vast majority of Russia in the 13th century were known as...
Another name for the Black Death
Bubonic Plague
Epic poem that follows a hero's journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven
Divine Comedy
Signed in 1215. Nobles were granted rights and the king was held accountable under the law.
Magna Carta
King who modeled laws of the Byzantine Empire after Roman laws
Leader of the Mongol armies
Genghis Khan or Batu
What caused the spread of the plague?
Rats
Author of the Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
Practice where a person who was not a member of the church could appoint clergymen
Lay Investiture
Famous cathedral that was turned into a mosque following the Ottoman takeover
Hagia Sophia
During the Mongol occupancy, the Eastern Orthodox Church moved their capital to?
Moscow
How many Europeans died as a result of the plague?
25,000,000 or 1/3
Chaucer's classic tale that follows English pilgrims traveling to Becket's tomb in order to compete in a storytelling competition
Canterbury Tales
Where the conflict over lay investiture was resolved
Concordat of Worms
Why did the Schism between the Eastern and Western churches occur?
Feared king who brutally murdered his own son and indiscriminately butchered wealthy nobles he did not trust
Ivan the Terrible
Longbow
Classic example of illuminated Medieval literature
Book of Kells
Bill that seriously limited the Hungarian king's power
Golden Bull
What year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Turks?
1453
The wealthy landowning nobles in Russia were known as?
Boyars
Leader of the French armies who claimed God had sent her to save France
Joan of Arc
Notre Dame best exemplifies this style of architecture
Gothic