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 St. Boniface Venerable Bede Alcuin of York

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

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

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 All of these reasons He claimed he had a letter of endorsement from Christ A resurgence in millenarianism

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

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? Germany France England Frisia

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

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