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Who Said That? (Middle Ages) Flashcards

1
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Rome always needs good soldiers.

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Valens

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To be master of the Roman Empire is indeed worth trying for.

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Alaric (the Visigoth)

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I shall never be defeated in battle as long as I fight with the sword of Tiew.

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Attila the Hun

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Here I will perish in the flames, rather than surrender to my enemies.

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Attila the Hun

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5
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Never shall I go back to Spain until I am master of Africa.

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Genseric (the Vandal)

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This is the country which shall be our home.

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Theodoric

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I will give you thousands of pounds of gold and silver if you will agree to go back to your own country.

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Odoacer

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8
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A boy! A boy has come to fight me.

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Syagrius

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9
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Ay, but this boy will conquer you.

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Clovis

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O God of Clotilde, help me in this my hour of need. If thou wilt give me victory now, I will believe in thee.

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Clovis

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I have given my promise and I must keep it.

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Mohammed

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There is but one God. Mohammed is God’s prophet.

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Khadija

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Pepin ought to be king of the Franks, for he has all the power.

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friends of Pepin

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14
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Long live Charles Augustus, Emperor of the Romans

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Pope Leo III

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Tell the Empress that I will spare Constantinople if she will pay me 700,000 pieces of gold as a yearly tribute.

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Harun-al-Rashid

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16
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She ought to have made you pay tribute to her.

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Nicephorus

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Thou shalt not hear, thou shalt SEE my reply.

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Harun-al-Rachid

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Oh, they would be angels instead of Angles if they were only Christians, for they certainly have the faces of angels.

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the monk Gregory

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Let us make ourselves homes here, and I and my Vikings will become your vassals.

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Rollo

20
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Never will I bend my knee before any man and no man’s foot will I kiss.

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Rollo

21
Q

You, King Alfred, were the wandering minstrel!

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Guthrum

22
Q

I will give you your liberty if you will become a Christian and never again make war on my people.

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Alfred

23
Q

Not a piece of gold will be given you. Our truce is ended.

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Henry the Fowler

24
Q

Learn how feeble is the power of earthly kings. None is worthy of the name of king but He whom heaven and earth and sea obey.

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Canute

25
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I am St. Lazarus, the leper to whom thou wast so kind. Because I have breathed upon thee, thou shalt accomplish whatever thou shalt undertake in peace or in battle.

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St. Lazarus

26
Q

Life’s but a walking shadow…

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Macbeth

27
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I will not yield, to kiss the ground before young Malcolm’s feet…

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Macbeth

28
Q

I live! I live! Fight on! We shall conquer yet!

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William the Conqueror

29
Q

I have loved justice and hated iniquity, therefore I die in exile.

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Pope Gregory VII

30
Q

I cannot wear a crown of gold where Christ wore one of thorns, nor will I be called king in the land where once lived the King of Kings.

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Godfrey of Bouillon

31
Q

When the ravens cease to fly around the mountain, Barbarossa shall awake and restore Germany to its ancient greatness.

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German legend

32
Q

Is there no one who will rid me of this turbulent priest?

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Henry II

33
Q

Here I am, no traitor but a priest of God.

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Thomas Becket

34
Q

The cross! The cross!

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Louis IX

35
Q

Sing in the name of God. Shout forth his praises as we sail away.

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Louis IX

36
Q

Yes, I am about to take a wife of surpassing fairness.

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St. Francis

37
Q

If the spider has courage to try again, I will also try to free Scotland.

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Robert Bruce

38
Q

Now, my friends, I will show you something that will please you.

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Marco Polo

39
Q

I will prove myself a true knight. My father is right. I need no aid.

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Edward the Black Prince

40
Q

Prince, you are the conqueror of the French. Cheer, cheer for the Black Prince! Cheer for the hero of Crecy!

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Edward III

41
Q

Make way for liberty!

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Arnold von Winkelried

42
Q

As there is but one God in heaven, there ought to be but one ruler on the earth.

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Tamerlane

43
Q

I would not have a single man more. If God gives us victory, it will be plain we owe it to His grace. If not, the fewer we are, the less loss for England.

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Henry V

44
Q

War has three handmaidens: fire, blood, and famine. I have chosen the meekest of the three.

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Henry V

45
Q

God has sent me to deliver France from her enemies.

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Joan of Arc

46
Q

I hear the heavenly voices no more and I am afraid.

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Joan of Arc

47
Q

England will not long endure the misrule of a king who is half the time out of his mind.

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Earl of Warwick

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