Medieval Times

1. What period of time is covered by the Middle Ages?

2. What event signaled the start of the Middle Ages?

3. Who quickly became the dominant power in Europe when the medieval age began?

4. What were knights given in return for their service and loyalty?

5. What was the subject of much of the writing during the Middle Ages?

6. Who was the top leader in the land with the Middle age feudal system?

7. What was the name of the disease that killed nearly half the people of Europe in Middle Ages?

8. What was the name for a powerful office within the Catholic Church to root out and punish heresy?

9. What is the name of the social system that dominated medieval Europe?

10. What was the title of the person in charge of the Middle Age monastery?

11. When a king died, who would typically take over the throne?

12. Who reported directly to the king and ruled large areas of land called fiefs?

13. Who was the leader of the Catholic Church in a Medieval kingdom?

14. Who wrote the novel Dracula inspired by Vlad Tepes, the 15th century Prince of Wallachia?

15. Founded in 1088, which university was established as a center of study in law for students across Europe?

16. According to the legend William Tell is a 14th century folk hero from which country?

17. What famous explorer did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella authorize an expedition for in 1492?

18. Who is the author of "Le Morte d'Arthur", the book that tells the story of legendary King Arthur?

19. What was the symbol of the Crusaders?

20. Not counting the Crusade of Children, how many Crusades were there?

21. Who did Christians fight in the Crusades?

22. Who captured Valencia from the Moors in 1094 and is considered the national hero of Spain?

23. What two religious groups fought for control during the Reconquista?

24. Which city became the major city of the Islamic presence in Spain?

25. Where were the Moors from?

26. Who did the Byzantine Empire constantly fight with for control over the Holy Land and the eastern Mediterranean?

27. What empire split into two with the eastern portion becoming the Byzantine Empire?

28. What emperor brought the Byzantine Empire to its peak of power?

29. What city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

30. How long did the Byzantine Empire remain in power?

31. What Byzantine emperor embraced Christianity and made it the religion of the empire?

32. What marked the end of the Byzantine Empire?

33. Which two houses in Medieval England fought for the throne in the Wars of the Roses?

34. What war did Joan of Arc fight in?

35. What Frankish king was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by the pope?