Middle Ages

Question 1

Romanesque Architecture

Answer 1

8-12th Century
Rounded Arches
Small Windows/Doors
Dark inside

Question 2

Gothic Architecture

Answer 2

12th Century
Improved technology
Wanted to reach heavens
Brighter, Colourful
Stained-glass windows
Flying butresses

Question 3

Baroque Architecture

Answer 3

17th Century
Counter-Reformation
Exuberant
Gold, colours, details

Question 4

Film: Timewarp

Answer 4

Shows the results of the renaissance

Noble man is disgraces, common man owns castles

Question 5

987

Answer 5

Capetian Dynasty
Very religious period
Church = civilizing force in chaotic world

Question 6

Why could people go on pilgrimages?

Answer 6

Cleanse sins

Cure Ailments

Question 7

Camino de Santiago

Answer 7

Spanish Pilgrimage
Where James the Great is buried
Seashell

Question 8

Crusades

Answer 8

1096-1291
Approved by Pope
Still had to attend to poor, needy

Question 9

1st Crusade:

Answer 9

Gordefroy de Bouillon
Knight
Leader
1099, First ruled of Jerusalem after siege

Question 10

4th Crusade:

Answer 10

Meant to conquer Jerusalem, ended up raiding Constantinople
Wealth taken back to Venice
Venetian Empire established

Question 11

Byzantine:

Answer 11

From Turkey

Question 12

100 years war

Answer 12

1337 - 1453
ENG vs FRA for French Empire
French = House of Valois

Question 13

Where did the Pope reside in the 14th Century?

Answer 13

Avignon
1309-1377
Started w/ Clement V

Question 14

Jean d’Arc

Answer 14

15th Century
At 13 she said he heard voices from God & Saints to help Charles defeat England and become King at Rheims.
She is initially laughed off, but ultimately allowed to lead army. She succeeds and is considered heroine “Maid of Orleans”
She is later captured and sold to England who got the Roman church to discredit her as a witch.
At 19 she was burned at the stake.