Medieval World People

This man is known as the Father of English History

• St. Benedict

• Venerable St. Bede

• Gregory the Great

• St. Augustine of Canterbury

This man is known for starting the first organized Christian persecution in the Roman Empire

• Diocletian

• Constantine

• Nero

• Eusebius

Who's biography did Einhard write?

• Charlemagne

• Constantine

• Clovis

• Louis the Pious

Who called the Second Council of Nicaea and ended iconoclasm in the Byzantine Empire?

• Pope Leo III

• Empress Irene

• Emperor Leo III

• Pope Gregory II

This man ruled the Roman Empire in 476AD and marks the date of the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

• Diocletian

• Nero

• Tiberius

• Romulus Agustulus

This man was never actually king of the Franks but held great power. He was the grandfather of Charlemagne.

• Pepin the Short

• Charles Martel

• Clovis

• Earl Godwine

This man is known to have had the worst Christian persecution in the Roman Empire

• Nero

• Constantine

• Tiberius

• Diocletian

Which of the following is true about Harold Godwine?

• He was brother to Earl Godwine

• He was the brother in law of Edward the Confessor

• He won the Battle of Hatings in 1066

• He was never crowned king of England

Which of the following figures did not have a significant impact on Medieval English history?

• St. Augustine of Canterbury

• Alfred the Great

• St. Benedict of Nursia

• William the Conqueror

This man was the beginning of the Carolingian Dynasty of Frankish rulers.

• Charlemagne

• Clovis

• Edward the Confessor

• St. Augustine of Canterbury