Unit 1 Important People

Question 1

John Ball

Answer 1

priest who’s teachings inspired the English Peasants Revolt

“When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?”

Question 2

Wat Tyler

Answer 2

peasant who lead the English Peasant Revolt

Question 3

King Edward III

Answer 3

English King who declares war on France

made parliament stronger

Question 4

Black Prince

Answer 4

Edward III’s son, led English army, destroyed French land instead of fighting

Question 5

Joan of Arc

Answer 5

French peasant woman who convinced Charles VII to let her accompany an army, helped defeat English in Orleans
Executed before war ends

Question 6

King Phillip VI

Answer 6

crowned king of France instead of King Edward III

Question 7

Richard II

Answer 7

14 year old King of England during English Peasant’s Revolt

overthrown

Question 8

Boniface VIII

Answer 8

challenged secular authority by issuing Unam Sanctum

excommunicated King Phillip IV, arrested, dies

Question 9

Catherine of Siena

Answer 9

mysticist who calls for the papacy’s return to Rome

Question 10

Urban VI

Answer 10

pope elected by cardinals when pressured by Roman citizens

Question 11

Clement VII

Answer 11

pope elected by French cardinals during the Great Schism

Question 12

Alexander V

Answer 12

elected by Council of Piza

Question 13

Martin V

Answer 13

Pope who’s election marks the end of the Great Schism

Question 14

Gerard Groote

Answer 14

Modern Devotion, imitate Jesus by serving others and you will meet God

Question 15

William Occam

Answer 15

said religion could not be proven by reason, only faith; materialistic things could be proven by reason

Question 16

Dante

Answer 16

vernacular author, known for “Divine Comedy”

Question 17

Petrarch

Answer 17

renaissance author, known for sonnets, revived classical literature

Question 18

Boccacio

Answer 18

vernacular author, known for “The Decameron”

Question 19

Chaucer

Answer 19

vernacular author, “Canturbury Tales”

Question 20

Chistine de Pizcan

Answer 20

vernacular author, advocated women’s rights in “The Book of the City of the Ladies”

Question 21

Giotto

Answer 21

painter, began realism

Question 22

Leonardo Bruni

Answer 22

renaissance historian, wrote “The New Cicero”

first to use 3 phases in describing history

Question 23

Ludovico Svorza

Answer 23

duke of Milan who invited France to conquer Italy

Question 24

Niccolo Machiaveli

Answer 24

renaissance person, father of political science, wrote “The Prince” and called for Italian unity

Question 25

Marsilio Ficino

Answer 25

translated Plato

Question 26

Vittorino de Feltre

Answer 26

founded most public schools

Question 27

Isota Nogarola

Answer 27

knew Greek and Latin

Question 28

Casandra Fedele

Answer 28

knew Latin

Question 29

Laura Cereta

Answer 29

advocated for women’s rights to humanism

Question 30

Isabelle of Castile

Answer 30

helped unite Spain through marriage

Question 31

Ferdinand of Aragon

Answer 31

helped unite Spain through marriage

Question 32

John Wycliff

Answer 32

church reformer in England, called for less power in Catholic church

Question 33

John Hus

Answer 33

church reformer in Bohemia, called for less power in church/Pope - executed