Chapter 11 History Baseball

What does levy mean?

Collect

What is a disease spread by fleas on rats?

Bubonic plague

What is the rapid rise in prices called?

Inflation

Who was the grandson of Fredrick Barbarossa?

Frederick II

What is a group of men sworn to speak the truth?

Jury

What weapon is 6 feet long and took years to master?

Longbow

How many bodies of parliament are there?

2

How many crusades are there in the Christian holy land?

4

Who was the French king that was declared a saint?

Louis IX

What is a church court set up to try people accused of heresy?

Inquisition

What document gave nobles certain rights and forced the monarch to obey the law?

Magna Carta

Who was the English king that came up with common law?

Henry II

Who was known as the red beard?

Frederick Barbarossa

What religion were the Seljuk Turks?

Islam

What powerful couple unified Spain?

Ferdinand & Isabella

Who was the Byzantine emperor that asked the pope for help against the Turks?

Alexius I

What is a crusade?

Holy war

Who was the explorer who found new things in China?

Marco Polo

Who was the pope that helped Alexius I get the Turks out of the Byzantine Empire?

Urban II

What is a long narrative poem?

Epic

Who was the pope that moved papal courts to Avignon, France?

Clement V

Who was the greatest most controversial pope of the Medieval era?

Gregory VII

Who wrote Canterbury Tales?

Chaucer

Who was King Edward's brother-in-law who was given the throne when Edward died?

Harold

Were women allowed to attend universities?

No

Who was the 1st pope to claim secular power?

Pope Innocent III

What battle gave Duke William the throne of England?

Battle of Hastings

What was the name of the census that William the Conqueror came up with?

Domesday Book

Name all 3 enemies of King John.

Phillip II, Pope Innocent III, his own nobles

Who was the French king that became the most powerful in Europe?

King Philip II

What is the practice that banned the emperor or others from appointing bishops or other religious jobs?

Lay investiture

What 2 countries fought in the 100 Year War?

England & France

Who was the leader of the Muslims during the 2nd and 3rd Crusades?

Saladin

What group stood at the head of feudal society?

Monarch

Who claimed the throne after King Edward died?

Duke William of Normandy

What is the everyday language that writers started to use in their stories?

Vernacular

What is a legal system based on the customs & court rulings of a country?

Common law

What is an outbreak of a rapid spreading disease?

Epidemic

Who was the English king who was excommunicated by Pope Gregory VII & then forgiven?

Henry IV

Who was the pope that clashed with Henry II?

Pope Gregory VII