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| Who did William the Norman fight with for the English throne and who won? |
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| What did Dante Aligheiri write? What was it's main purpose |
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| The Divine Comedy; it criticized the elite. |
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| Which crusade did Richard the Lionheart lead? Did they succeed? |
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| The third crusade;No,they signed a treaty with the Muslim leader Saladin |
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| Who were the parents of Richard the Lionheart? |
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| King Henry II of England and Queen Eleanor of England. |
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| What dynasty did Hugh Capet found and what did it rule? |
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| Describe King Edward I of English's rule. |
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| He spent the first two years of his rule reforming laws and then conquered Wale. He proceeded to conquer Scotland but failed. |
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| Who was one of the most powerful and richest English queen of all time? Her husband? Their relationship? |
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| Queen Eleanor; Henry II; pretty good in the beginning but then Eleanor decided to support her son Henry III's revolt against his father and she was imprisoned. |
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| Who accentuated Henry II as King of England? What happened? |
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| King John; He had to sign the Magna Carta in 1215. |
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| Name the Muslim leader during the third crusade and what he also did besides fighting the crusaders. |
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| Saladin; he led Muslims to unify Egypt and Syria which ended the ruling Fatimid dynasty there. |
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| What did the Byzantine Emperor Justinian do? |
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| He established the Justinian law code which preserved Roman law. |
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| How was the transition of Europe from Roman society to Medieval? |
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| In the early period, it was generally negative. Technology and education went backwards. The Latin language disintegrated into Romance and vernacular languages only to be preserved by priests. Medieval Europe was a period of political fragmentation among the many Germanic feudal kingdoms with the only unifying factor being the Church. |
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| What was the conflict between the pope and Holy Roman emperor known as? What did they disagree on? |
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| Investiture Controversy; they disagreed on who had the power to assign bishops |
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| Who murdered the Archbishop, Thomas A Becket. |
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| Four of Henry II's knights who thought he wanted him to die. |
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| Pope's action of forbidding one to interact in rituals. |
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| An association of merchants, artisans, or professors who worked in a particular trade. They teamed up to promote their economic and political interest. |
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| How did a guild function? |
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| If you wanted to join, you would have to start out as an apprentice for seven years without payment. Then you would become a journeyman for a few years with the possibility of payment. Hopefully, you could become the guild master. |
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| What two major religions did monasticism predominate in? |
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| Christianity and Buddhism. |
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| Who preserved Latin art when the Germanic tribes conquered the Roman Empire and after Rome fell. |
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| Mostly the priests did. They translated them into Arabic and Persian. |
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| Someone who suffers persecution or even death for a belief, country,person or refusing to give up a belief/right. |
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| a public prohibition that suspends all public worship and withdraws the church's beliefs in a territory or country, |
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| Vernacular is the ___________tongue. |
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| An economic and defensive alliance of the free towns in northern Germany in 1241 and it was the most powerful in league in the 14th century. |
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| Land granted in return for military service? |
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| Dynastic civil wars for the throne of England between the supporters of the Lancaster family and the York family. It ended with the marriage of Henry Tudor of Lancaster and Elizabeth of York. |
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| Powerful organization of knights that was reduced in power by the jealous King. |
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| rules set by a council or king to regular the locals. |
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| series of campaigns for succession to the French throne involving French and English royal families and French nobles. The English was winning at first with the Longbow but then Joan of Arc halted their advance and later the French developed the Cannon and turned the tables. The French won. |
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| The Magna carta was the first time... |
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| that the king's power was limited(1215) |
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| What present day nations made the Carolingian territories? |
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| France, Parts of Germany and Italy. |
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| Ordered and promoted by Pope Urban II. The crusaders were successful in recapturing Jerusalem and others. The holy land was divided into religious sectors. |
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| Crusaders wanted the Byzantine city Constantinople. |
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| Describe the clothing of the Knights Templar vs the knights of St.John |
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| Knights Templar wore a long white robe with a big red cross while the St.John knights wore a long black robe with a big white cross. |
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| What did the Knights templar searched for in the Holy cities? |
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| King Solomon's treasures. |
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| List the features of Romanesque architecture. |
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| Rounded arches, small windows, dark interior, thick walls, plain, |
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| List the features of Gothic architecture |
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| tall spire, flying buttresses, pointed arches, rose window, elaborate and beautiful, bell towers, gargoyles |
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