the expanded Frankish state he founded

was considered as a "New Rome"

proclaimed the first crusade

a method of critical thought which dominated teaching by the academics of medieval universities in Europe, an attempt to explain the natural world

a verse form in which the first and third line must rhyme, and the second line must be a rhyme of the first and third lines in the following verse

he was also known as

this technique reached its artistic peak

Pope Urban's purpose for proclaiming the first crusade

one of the most intellectually exquisite and masterful arguments ever put forth for proving the existence of God through logic

the three books of Divine Comedy

considered their empires to be descendants of Charlemagne's empire

marked the Golden Age of Byzantine Art

the number of major crusades

admitted that reason can take the believer only so far, Faith, he said must complete the journey

about the descent into Hell being over a series of bolgias or terraces much like a open strip mine

the solemn and sacred ceremony in which a vassal was invested with the insignia of his office and placed in hierarchy

commissioned the Hagia Sofia

a secret love between members of nobility, no sex involved, just a poetic love and admiration

the greatest of the Medieval epics, it reflected Man's struggle for salvation

stands for Trinity

a Christian devotional book popular during the Middle Ages,

Knightly virtues of courtly love, honor and courtesy

the author of Divine Comedy

who Dante loved platonically for all his life