Medieval Miscellany

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1. The Albigensian Crusade took place in which country? The Holy Land France Lativa Egypt

2. Which English-born scholar was the chief architect of the Carolingian Renaissance? Einhard Alcuin of York Venerable Bede St. Boniface

3. What is the more common name for the Order of Friar Preachers? Waldensians Dominicans Jesuits Franciscans

4. Who was St. Thomas Aquinas's teacher and mentor? Peter Abelard St. Dominic Albertus Magnus St. Francis

5. Why was Peter the Hermit so successful in getting people of all backgrounds to join his peasant's crusade? He was a powerful orator A resurgence in millenarianism He claimed he had a letter of endorsement from Christ All of these reasons

6. Which Frankish leader commanded the force that halted the Muslim march into Europe at the Battle of Tours in 732? Pepin the Short Charlemagne Charles Martel Dagobert I

7. What medieval style of architecture was characterized by round or slightly pointed arches, barrel vaults, cruciform piers and thick walls? Classical Romanesque Gothic Carolingian

8. Where was St. Boniface, patron saint to both Germany and the Netherlands, born? France England Frisia Germany

9. Who founded the city of Dublin, Ireland, in 841? Lorcán mac Cellaig, King of Leinster Vikings Ethelwulf, King of Wessex Beorhtwulf, King of Mercia

10. Who founded the Cistercian Order in 1098? Bernard of Clairvaux Peter the Venerable Prior Alberic Robert of Molesme