 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.