
What was the medieval way of life based upon
the ownership and use of land?

Feudalism

What did the king call the land that he kept for
his own personal use?

Crown land.

What was the code of conduct for the nobility
and knights?

Chivalry

A family’s colorful design worn on armor and
shields for identification was called
____________.

Coat of Arms

Name the sport in which to knights fought to
unhorse each other.

Jousting

Peasants who worked the manors were called
___________.

Serfs

What were minstrels?

musicians who played stringed instruments
and sang ballads of love and war

A __________ was piece of land in the feudal
system.

fief

A ________ officially became a knight around
age 21.

squire

The church forbade fighting from Friday to
Sunday by proclaiming the _______ of God.

Truce

_____________ was the lord’s land worked by
the serfs

Demesne

The ________ crusade met with limited success,
establishing four kingdoms in Palestine.

First

The ________ crusade was led by great kings,
including Richard I.

Third

____________________ preached for the Second
Crusade.

Bernard of Clairvaux

________ was the sultan of Egypt who
successfully united the Muslims against the
Crusaders.

Saladin

a _________ was a middle class town.

Burg

__________ was known for wool.

Flanders

_____________ from Scandinavia pillaged the
coastline of Europe and England.

Vikings (Norsemen)

A _________ was an association of trade
unions.

guild

The _________ were the family of powerful
bankers from Florence.

Medici

________ churches are known for their tall
walls and large, pointed windows

Gothic

_______________ was known as the “Morning
Star of the Reformation.”

Wycliffe

___________ Was an early Medieval scientist
from England.

Bacon

______________ preached the truth of God’s
word in Bohemia.

John Huss

___________ was a fiery preacher in Florence.

Savonarola

________________ wrote the Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer

The oldest German university was located at
__________.

Prague

The first medieval university was established
in ____________.

Salerno

The terrible ___________ killed 1/3 to ½ of the
entire population of Europe.

Black Death (Plague)

_____________ combined Greek philosophy
with Roman theology.

Scholasticism

___________ promoted scholasticism and
Thomism.

Aquinas

People who used their own money to support
the arts were called __________.

patrons

__________________, a German printer,
invented the movable-type printing press.

Johann Gutenberg

He invented it in about the year _______ .

1440

_________ was known as the “Father of
Humanism.”

Petrarch

The only book of lasting importance to be
produced during the Italian Renaissance was
“The Prince”, by_____________.

Machiavelli

____________ most famous painting was
Descent from the Cross.

Giotto’s

_____________ was considered one of the three
geniuses and is perhaps best known for his
painting The School of Athens.

Raphael

_________________ , another of the 3 geniuses,
painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper in
addition to accomplishments in many other
fields.

Leonardo da Vinci

_____________ may have been the greatest
artist of all time, painting the walls and ceilings
of the Sistine Chapel and sculpting David and
Moses.

Michelangelo

____________________ wrote the classic The
Imitation of Christ.

Thomas a Kempis

_______________ began the Brethren of the
Common Life.

Gerhard Groote.