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  • In approximately what year does the Middle English period begin?
    Approximately 1066
  • Who was the last Anglo-Saxon King?
    Harold Godwinson / Harold II
  • Name the "hunchbacked" king who may have murdered his nephews...
    Richard III
  • Which Scottish king was assassinated in a Perth monastery?
    James I
  • What was call the system of vassals and serfs in medieval English History?
    The Feudal System
  • What is manorialism?
    Organization of peasants in villages that give rent rents to nobles
  • Who won the Battle of Hastings?
    The Normans
  • Which Medieval European queen is sometimes called the ‘Grandmother of Europe’ because of all the royal lines she started or marriages she arranged?
    Eleanor of Aquitaine
  • Who led the English army against William the Conqueror during the Battle of Hastings?
    King Harold II
  • What is Pope Gregory I often known as?
    Gregory the Great
  • When was the first period of Black Death (plague) in England ?
    1348
  • In the following list of words, which one is the odd one when talking about the late Middle Age? "Famine", "plague", "war" or "rainy season".
    Rainy season
  • In Scotland, who was the first monarch of the Stewart dynasty?
    Robert II
  • The Medieval period is generally thought to have begun in 476 with the fall of which empire?
    The Roman Empire
  • There are no spelling conventions in Middle English. Words are spelled simply the way they sound. True or False?
    True
  • Who fought against William of Normandy in 1066, for the crown of England?
    Harald Hardrada of Norway
  • In medieval times, mass was said in what language?
    Latin
  • What was the name of the knightly code of honour, religious duty and social grace?
    Chivalry
  • The oat soup that a serf would normally eat was called ...
    A stew
  • Name the two notable houses that battled in the War of the Roses for the English throne.
    York and Lancaster
  • What's the Occam’s Razor theory?
    It's a principle that says that if you have two competing ideas to explain the same phenomenon, you should prefer the simpler one.
  • What was Richard 1st 's nickname?
    Richard Lion Heart
  • In Medieval Ireland, what was a tonsure?
    A medieval monk's haircut
  • Which abbey was founded in 1275 by Dervorguilla of Galloway as a tribute to her late husband?
    Sweetheart
  • Which 13th century English philosopher developed the Occam’s Razor theory?
    William Of Ockham
  • When took place the Battle of Hastings?
    October 14th, 1066
  • What was a tithe?
    A tax that was paid to the local priest
  • In Middle English, two consecutive vowels in a word show what?
    That the vowel is long
  • Old English literature continues to flourish after the Norman Conquest. True or False?
    False
  • Where were feasts held in a medieval castle?
    Great Hall
  • When was the first Crusade preached?
    1095
  • Which of these periods was known to have great individual writers? 1100-1250, 1250 - 1350, 1350 - 1400 or 1400 - 1500?
    1350-1400 with Geoffrey Chaucer and Giovanni Boccaccio for instance
  • In the 13th century, the average life expectancy in England was just 18 years old. True or False?
    False, archeologists estimate it to have been around 35.
  • In which battle did William Wallace win his only major military victory?
    Stirling Bridge
  • Roughly, what was the population of the world in the year 1000?
    275-300 million
  • What time period came after the Medieval times in Europe?
    The Renaissance
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