KEY FIGURES IN THE MIDDLE AGES

  • POPE URBAN II
    Aug 16, 1042

    POPE URBAN II

    • Started the first crusade
    • Had more power than the King
    • Leader of the Church
  • ROBIN HOOD
    Aug 16, 1066

    ROBIN HOOD

    • Heroic outlaw
    • Highly skilled archer and swordsman
    • Stole from the rich to give to the poor
    • Fellow outlaws known as the ‘Merry Men’
  • SALADIN
    Aug 16, 1138

    SALADIN

    • First Sultan of Egypt and Syria
    • His forces defeated the crusaders at Hattin
    • Kurdish Muslim
  • MARCO POLO
    Aug 16, 1254

    MARCO POLO

    • Pioneer
    • Influenced European cartography
    • Wealthy merchant
  • JOHANNES GUTTENBERG
    Aug 16, 1398

    JOHANNES GUTTENBERG

    • German blacksmith, printer and publisher
    • His invention regarded as the most important event in the modern period
    • Invented printing
  • JOAN OF ARC
    Aug 16, 1412

    JOAN OF ARC

    • ‘Maid of Orleans’
    • Heroin of France
    • Captured by Burgundians