Seventh Seal
In the movie The Seventh Seal, the main character Antonius Block plays chess with this mysterious robed figure.
Who is Death?
This population of people in Europe during the Middle Ages was chiefly accused of witchcraft.
Who are women?
This was the Black Plague's primary vector of spreading.
What are rats (and fleas)?
During the time of the Black Death, the Venetian city of Ragusa established "Trentino", where ships were to be isolated for 30 days to make sure they weren't diseased. Some cities did the same, and upped the amount of days to 40,establishing the modern name for this medical period.
What is quarantine?
This was the name for newly converted Christians.
Who are New Christians?
This young child is the son of travelling actors Jof and Mia.
Who is Mikael?
According to the Malleus Maleficarum, this was to be the primary method employed by religious inquisitors to force alleged witches to confess their sins.
What is torture?
This fraction of the European population is believed to have perished during the Black Plague.
How much is one third?
This country was relatively unaffected by the plague due to having unsuitable conditions for large rodent populations.
Where is Poland?
Once they came under Christian control, the Jews in Iberia were given these two options.
What are convert and/or leave?
Our main characters enjoy a meal together, eating and drinking these two delicacies, after which Antonius Block pledges to remember the meal with fondness.
What are strawberries and milk?
Malleus Maleficarum Part One Question One suggests that belief in the existence of witches is “...so Essential a Part of the Catholic Faith that Obstinacy to maintain the Opposite Opinion manifestly savours of ______.”
What is heresy?
This societal group was blamed by many as the cause of the Black Death.
Who are the Jews?
This Swiss city had very high standards for hygiene amongst its people, and was virtually unaffected by the plague.
Where is Nuremburg?
This religious organization was founded under Ferdinand and Isabella, with help from Pope Sixtus IV.
What is the Spanish Inquisition?
At the beginning of The Seventh Seal, the actor Jof claims to have a vision of this person.
Who is the Virgin Mary?
This Roman pope issued the papal bull Summis Desiderantes Affectibus, endorsing Heinrich Kramer’s investigation and persecution of witches in Germany.
Who is Pope Innocent VIII?
The scientific name for the Black Plague.
What is Yersinia Pestis?
Twelve trade ships docked in this Sicilian city with their sailors already mostly dead, leading to the first introduction of the Black Plague in Europe.
Where is Messina?
This child was allegedly murdered by a Jew, leading to the Spanish Inquisition publicizing their antisemitic views.
Who is the Holy Child of Laguardia?
Name the famous artistic motif depicted in a painting at the start of the film, and in Jof’s vision at the end of the film.
What is the Danse Macabre?
When providing arguments towards the idea that women are more prone to devilry, Heinrich Kramer particularly relies on the insight of this deuterocanonical work.
What is Ecclesiasticus?
This year marked the Black Death's first introduction in Europe.
When is 1347?
In this Genoan city on the Crimean peninsula, Golden Horde Khan Jani Beg reportedly threw diseased bodies over the walls to infect the local Genoans. This town was thought to be one of the epicenters for the Black Death in Europe.
Where is Caffa?
The conquering of this Iberian city led to the banishment of Jews from Castile and Aragon, putting an end to the Convivencia.
Where is Granada?