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 Paris, France University of Al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt University of Bologna, Italy Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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

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? Order of Augustinian Recollects Poor Catholics' Order Trinitarian Order Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy

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

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? 1345 1347 1354 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 1427 1425 1429

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