Middle Ages Popes Flashcards
Donated land for monastery in Cluny
William of Aquitane
Deposed pope john, appointed own pope, made puppet popes
Otto the great
A monk from Cluny who became pope Gregory iiix led early reform efforts
St Peter Hildebrand
A strong pope during the era of feudalism involved in photoian schism.
Pope Nicholas 1
Helped the papacy by creating a college of cardinals to elect future popes
Pope Nicholas II
Led the fourth crusade
Pope innocent II
The canon lawyer
Pope innocent III
First of the reformer popes
Pope Leo IX
Led the third crusade
Richard the lionhearted
Called him the dumb ox wrote the Suma Theologica
St Thomas Aquinas
Called the first crusade to regain control of Jerusalem
Pope Urban II
Founded the Dominican order
Dominic Guzman
First wave of the papal inquisition.
Pope Gregory IX