The Succession and Heirs in Christianity Quiz

Which two churches were involved in the split mentioned in the text?

What was the central city of the Eastern Church?

What was the central city of the Western Church?

What language did the Western Church primarily use?

What language did the Eastern Church primarily use?

What body of water is located to the east of the Western Church?

What body of water is located to the east of the Eastern Church?

What was the general expectation regarding the conflict between the two parts of the Church?

Which chapter of the text mentions Saint Benedict?

What is the full name of Saint Benedict?

During which centuries did the Middle Ages or medieval period occur?

What event marked the beginning of the Middle Ages?

Which empire ruled North Africa and the Middle East during the medieval period?

What was the cause of the Crisis of the Third Century in the Roman Empire?

What led to the need for increased taxes in the Roman Empire?

Who split the Roman Empire into eastern and western halves?

What event led to the sack of Rome by the Visigoths?

What event is considered by some historians to mark the end of the Middle Ages in Europe?

What were two ways society was organized in the High Middle Ages?

What were the Crusades?

During which period did the Middle Ages occur?

What empire ruled North Africa and the Middle East during the medieval period?

What event marked the end of the Middle Ages in Europe?

During which period did the population of Europe increase greatly?

What were two external invasions that contributed to the downfall of the Middle Ages?

What event led to the expansion of Latin Christendom in the Baltic region and the Iberian Peninsula?

What event led to the sack of Rome by the Visigoths?

What was the cause of the Crisis of the Third Century in the Roman Empire?

Who split the Roman Empire into eastern and western halves?

What was the main reason for the increase in military expenses in the later Roman Empire?

True or false: Benedict founded 12 monasteries in the vicinity of Subiaco.

True or false: Benedict is the patron saint of speleologists.

True or false: Benedict wrote the Rule in 516 for monks living individually.

True or false: Benedict left Subiaco to avoid further temptations.

True or false: Benedict founded the great Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino.

True or false: Benedict is the patron saint of fields and farmers on the island of Tenerife.

Which city is the great Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino located between?

When did Pope Paul VI name Saint Benedict as the patron protector of Europe?

On what date is Saint Benedict's feast day celebrated in the pre-1970 General Roman Calendar?

According to tradition, when did Saint Benedict die?

What did Pope John Paul II declare Saint Benedict in 1980?

What is the main focus of the Rule of Saint Benedict?

What is the Rule of Saint Benedict primarily focused on?

When did Pope Paul VI name Saint Benedict as the patron protector of Europe?

Where is the great Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino located?

During what time period did some non-Roman groups of people want to invade Rome?

What was the main purpose of the Roman government?

What effect did the fights among the Roman generals have on Roman law and order?

What was one of the reasons that managing the Roman Empire became impossible?

Why were the roads both helpful and harmful to the Roman Empire?

The Romans looked down on these ______ who spoke different languages and had different cultures.

The Romans dismissed these non-Greek- and non-Latin-speaking ______ as primitive, uncultured, and inferior.

Many ______ groups were not uncivilized.

True or false: The Romans labeled non-Greek and non-Latin-speaking people as barbarians.

True or false: The word barbarian comes from a Greek word meaning foreigner.

True or false: Many barbarian groups had skilled metal workers who created beautiful art.

Who was the most feared barbarian leader?

How did Attila become the sole king and leader of the Huns?

Where did the Huns invade after crossing the Danube River?

What stopped Attila from attacking Rome?

What happened to the Huns after Attila's death?

What is the name of the book written by Benedict that contains a list of rules for the monastery?

What did Benedict ask the monks to focus on in their pursuit of holiness?

What were the monasteries following Saint Benedict's rules called?

What was the main reason for the self-sufficiency of Benedictine monasteries?

Why did people in the Middle Ages consider beer a healthy drink?

Feudalism was like a big ______ of promises.

The king divided his kingdom into pieces and gave them to his loyal ______.

The nobles and lords promised to help the king if he ever needed ______.

Knights were given smaller pieces of land by the nobles and lords, and in return, they promised to ______ for them.

At the bottom of our cake were the ______.

Feudalism emerged as a result of the decentralization of an empire: especially in the Carolingian Empire in 9th century AD, which lacked the bureaucratic infrastructure necessary to support cavalry without allocating land to these mounted troops. Mounted soldiers began to secure a system of hereditary rule over their allocated land and their power over the territory came to encompass the social, political, judicial, and economic ______.

The classic François Louis Ganshof version of feudalism describes a set of reciprocal legal and military obligations which existed among the warrior nobility, revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals and ______.

Before a lord could grant land (a fief) to someone, he had to make that person a ______.

During homage, the lord and vassal entered into a contract in which the vassal promised to fight for the lord at his command, whilst the lord agreed to protect the vassal from external ______.

Fealty comes from the Latin fidelitas and denotes the fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal ______.

Adam Smith effectively coined the forms 'feudal government' and 'feudal system' in his book The Wealth of Nations (1776), seeking to describe economic ______.

The phrase 'feudal system' appeared in 1736, in Baronia Anglica, published nine years after the death of its author Thomas Madox, in 1727. In 1771, in his book The History of Manchester, John Whitaker first introduced the word 'feudalism' and the notion of the ______ pyramid.

Another theory by Alauddin Samarrai suggests an Arabic origin, from fuyū (the plural of fay, which literally means 'the returned', and was used especially for 'land that has been conquered from enemies that did not fight'). Samarrai's theory is that early forms of 'fief' include feo, feu, feuz, feuum and others, the plurality of forms strongly suggesting origins from a ______.

Feudalism, in its various forms, usually emerged as a result of the decentralization of an empire: especially in the Carolingian Empire in 9th century AD, which lacked the bureaucratic infrastructure necessary to support cavalry without allocating land to these mounted troops. Mounted soldiers began to secure a system of hereditary rule over their allocated land and their power over the territory came to encompass the social, political, judicial, and ______ spheres.

The classic François Louis Ganshof version of feudalism describes a set of reciprocal legal and military obligations which existed among the warrior nobility, revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals and ______.