12th-15th Century Europe

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1. 1088: In that year, one of the oldest universities in the world was founded. Which was it? University of Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt University of Paris, France Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA University of Bologna, Italy

2. 1115: Which French scholastic philosopher was made canon of the Notre Dame Cathedral? Pierre Abelard Hugh of St. Victor Bernard of Chartres Guillaume de Champeaux

3. 1142: Alfonso Henriques became the first king of which European country? France Spain Portugal Andorra

4. 1162: Which of these English saints was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury in that year? Saint John Fisher Saint Augustine of Canterbury Saint Venerable Bede Saint Thomas Becket

5. 1218: St. Peter Nolasco, assisted by St. Raymond of Penyafort, founded what religious order? Poor Catholics' Order Order of Augustinian Recollects Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy Trinitarian Order

6. 1271: At what age did Marco Polo leave Venice, Italy and start to set out journeying for the Chinese mainland? 21 19 17 23

7. 1273: Rudolf Habsburg (Rudolph I of Germany) became Holy Roman Emperor and remained on the imperial throne till what year? 1288 1291 (his death) 1289 1290

8. A severe outbreak of the bubonic plague (later called the Black Death) that spread rapidly across most of Europe began in what year? 1347 1354 1345 1351

9. What year did the French heroine Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) lead the French forces and lift the siege of Orleans? 1423 1429 1425 1427

10. In what decade did Johannes Gutenberg produce the first printed books in Europe? 1440s 1470s 1460s 1450s