Unit V facts Flashcards
Spanish hero and soldier who defeated the Muslim Moors
El Cid
Saxon king of England who would rather be in church and die without an heir
Edward the Confessor
King of Scotland who was killed by Macbeth
Duncan
Son of slain king of Scotland who drove Macbeth out and took throne
Malcom
Norman who came to England to claim the throne - and took it.
William the Conqueror
Battle marking the end of Saxon reign in England and the beginning of Norman reign
battle of Hastings
Saxon king of England defeated and killed by Norman army
Harold Godwinson
Native of Normandy descended from Norsemen
Norman
Date of the battle of Hastings
1066 A.D.
Holy Roman emperor who was excommunicated for refusal to recognize the authority of the pope
Henry IV
Pope who excommunicated the Holy Roman emperor, but died in exile
Gregory VII
Pope who called for the First Crusade
Pope Urban II
Muslim rulers of Jerusalem after 1070 A.D.
Turks
Series of wars to take the Holy Land from the Muslims
The Crusades
Leader of the First Crusade army who became king of the Holy Land
Godfrey of Bouillon