Test 11. Ch 12 Flashcards
Roman Emperor who made it a crime to be a Christian
Nero
First great missionary of the Christian church
Paul the apostle
An early Christian martyr who refused to blaspheme God
Polycarp
Roman Emperor who gave Christians freedom to worship
Constantine
First man to translate the entire Bible into English
Wycliffe
A Bohemian burned at the stake for preaching that only Christ could forgive sin
Huss
The man who invented the printing press
Gutenberg
An armed man who fought other men in the Colosseum for sport
Gladiator
Christians who were willing to give up their lives rather than denying the Lord
Martyrs
Underground cemeteries beneath the city of Rome
Catacombs
Huge outdoor arena in Rome
Colosseum
Tribes that invaded Rome
Visigoths and Vandals
A special court set up to try and punish heretics
The Inquisition
The head of the Roman Catholic Church
The pope
New capital of the eastern Roman empire built by Constantine
Constantinople
The land owned by a lord during the Middle Ages
Manor
Trained warriors who promised to help the Lord by his enemies
Knights
The efforts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks
The Crusades
The event that began the Middle Ages
The fall of Rome
Men who lived in monasteries and copied Scriptures by hand
Monks
A long trip taken for religious purposes
Pilgrimage
The country where the Protestant Reformation began
Germany
People who worked the Lord’s land
Peasants
Most important invention in history of the world
The printing press
