Middle Ages Names To Know

Front 1

I am a former monk.
I prohibited marriages for priests.
I prohibited simony.

Back 1

Pope Gregory VII

Front 2

I am a monk.
I organized the monastary at Monte Cassino.
I took three vows.

Back 2

Benedict

Front 3

I am from Bingen.
I composed religious music and wrote books.
Popes and rulers sought my advice.

Back 3

Abbess Hildegard of Bingen

Front 4

I revived the Benedictine rule.
I declared that no nobles were allowed to interfere with the monastary.
I have a set of reforms named after me.

Back 4

Abbot Berno of Cluny

Front 5

I am Spanish.
I set a goal to teach official Roman Catholic beliefs.
My friends and I set up the order of friars.

Back 5

Dominic

Front 6

I united the Frankish people and converted them to Christianity

Back 6

Clovis

Front 7

I defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours.

Back 7

Charles Martel

Front 8

A Frankish (Christian) victory against the advancing Muslims that stopped their advance into Europe

Back 8

Battle of Tours

Front 9

I created the largest Frankish empire. I loved learning and fighting. My kingdom was divided when I died.

Back 9

Charlemagne

Front 10

I asked for and got Charlemagne's help when the locals were upset with me. I crowned him emperor.

Back 10

Pope Leo III

Front 11

This is the location of Charlemagne's great school

Back 11

Aachen

Front 12

I was in charge of Charlemagne's great school.

Back 12

Alquin of York

Front 13

We are the Hungarian people who invaded the Franks from the east.

Back 13

Magyars

Front 14

I am a Viking who set up a short-lived colony in North America.

Back 14

Leif Ericson

Front 15

I am a British poet who penned the Canterbury Tales.

Back 15

Geoffrey Chaucer