Henry II of England - Quiz
A) William of Scotland B) Diarmait Mac Murchada C) Richard de Clare D) Geoffrey of Brittany
A) Gregory VII B) Alexander III C) Adrian IV D) Innocent II
A) Canterbury B) Gisors C) Rouen D) Pembroke
A) Treaty of Windsor B) Treaty of Oxford C) Treaty of Alnwick D) Treaty of Gisors
A) Concern that his nobles would acquire independent territories B) To collect taxes from Irish lords C) To find gold deposits D) To marry an Irish princess
A) Young Henry B) John C) Geoffrey D) Richard
A) Young Henry B) Richard C) Geoffrey D) John
A) William of Scotland B) Henry's forces C) Philip of Flanders D) Louis VII of France
A) England B) Scotland C) France D) Normandy
A) Announced penance at Becket's tomb B) Knighted his sons C) Issued a new currency D) Signed a peace treaty with Louis
A) Philip of Flanders B) Young Henry C) The Count of Blois D) William of Scotland
A) Henry broke his promises B) The Pope revoked the treaty C) The Irish nobility revolted against Ua Conchobair D) Ua Conchobair could not exert enough influence
A) Castles B) Longbows C) Gunpowder D) Heavy cavalry
A) Poitou B) Maine C) Anjou D) Brittany
A) Canterbury B) Paris C) Alnwick D) Rouen
A) The Carolingian Restoration B) The Plantagenet Realm C) The Norman Hegemony D) The Angevin Empire
A) Elected local councils B) Seneschals and justiciars C) Regional dukes and counts D) The Archbishop of Canterbury
A) A great council B) A military advisory board C) A legal supreme court D) A secret royal treasury
A) Consilium et auxilium B) Jus et lex C) Rex et imperator D) Ira et malevolentia
A) They increased significantly B) They were abolished entirely C) They shrank considerably D) They remained exactly the same
A) Bishops and knights B) Prévôts and seneschals C) Dukes and earls D) Justiciars and sheriffs
A) Richard's B) The Norman bishops' C) The local prévôts' D) Henry's father's
A) Stephen's senior nobility B) The Irish regional kings C) The Scottish monarchy D) Invading Viking lords
A) They were legally forbidden B) They remained static C) They continued to weaken D) They became stronger than ever
A) Along the Loire and in western Touraine B) In the capital of Normandy C) Along the coast of Aquitaine D) In the northern reaches of Scotland
A) To serve as a permanent parliament B) To control the royal treasury C) To independently draft new legislation D) To advise the King and give assent to royal decisions
A) Stockbridge, Hampshire B) Malmesbury C) Wallingford Castle D) Winchester Cathedral
A) London B) Malmesbury C) Oxford D) Winchester
A) The River Severn B) The River Avon C) The River Thames D) The River Trent
A) October B) November C) Easter D) July
A) William B) Eustace C) Stephen D) Robert of Leicester
A) 25 October 1154 B) 1 January 1155 C) 25 July 1154 D) 25 November 1153
A) A stomach disorder B) An assassination plot C) A fever D) A battle wound
A) 1143 B) 1133 C) 1147 D) 1135
A) Wiltshire B) Bristol C) Le Mans D) York
A) The Hundred Years' War B) The Angevin Conflict C) The Anarchy D) The War of the Roses
A) York B) Le Mans C) Bristol D) Wiltshire
A) Master Matthew B) William of Conches C) Peter of Saintes D) Robert of Gloucester
A) Franciscans B) St Augustine's canons C) Benedictine monks D) Cistercian monks
A) Fourteen B) Nine C) Seventeen D) Twelve
A) York B) Bristol C) Le Mans D) Wiltshire
A) Le Mans B) York C) Bristol D) Wiltshire
A) William of Newburgh B) Gerald of Wales C) Louis VII D) Thomas Becket
A) Pneumonia B) Smallpox C) Bleeding ulcer D) Dysentery
A) Chinon Castle B) Westminster C) Tower of London D) Canterbury
A) Roman Civil Law B) The Magna Carta C) English Common Law D) Canon Law
A) Geoffrey Plantagenet B) Stephen of Blois C) Philip II D) Louis VII
A) Heart disease B) Bleeding ulcer C) Stroke D) Dysentery
A) Eight B) Four C) Ten D) Six
A) 1154 B) 1157 C) 1173 D) 1180
A) The Red-Haired Duke B) Curtmantle C) The Short-Cloaked King D) The Stocky Monarch
A) A royal eagle B) A dragon C) A fleur-de-lis D) A leopard or a lion
A) Stooped shoulders B) A limp C) Bow-legged D) Tall and lanky
A) Westminster Abbey B) Winchester Cathedral C) London Tower D) Canterbury Cathedral
A) April 1155 B) December 1157 C) April 1154 D) December 1154
A) Imperial B) Baronial C) Fortified D) Adulterine
A) Tenby B) Llandovery C) Whittington D) Cardigan
A) Owain Gwynedd B) Rhys ap Gruffudd C) Eustace fitz John D) Madog ap Maredudd
A) Gwynedd B) Iâl C) Deheubarth D) Powys
A) Blinding twenty-two Welsh hostages B) Exiling the Marcher Lords C) Burning Shrewsbury D) Executing the leaders of the Welsh army
A) 1162 B) 1157 C) 1165 D) 1163
A) Ireland B) Lancashire C) Anjou D) Scotland
A) Marcher Lords turned their ambitions toward Ireland B) The Welsh princes swore total allegiance to the French crown C) Rhys ap Gruffudd was executed D) Henry permanently conquered Gwynedd
A) Henry captured the entirety of Deheubarth B) Rhys ap Gruffudd was forced into honourable custody C) Henry was defeated at the Battle of Crogen D) Rhys ap Gruffudd fled to Scotland
A) Overlordship of Gwynedd B) Iâl C) Cantref Mawr D) Tegeingl
A) Jean Dunbabin B) Conan IV C) William of Newburgh D) Thierry of Flanders
A) Geoffrey B) Theobald V C) Raymond V D) Thierry
A) Brittany B) Normandy C) The Vexin D) Toulouse
A) Margaret B) Eleanor C) Adèle D) Constance
A) Champagne B) Blois C) Quercy D) Normandy
A) Chaumont B) Neuf-Marché C) Mont-Saint-Michel D) Nantes
A) Theobald V B) Pope Alexander III C) Henry II D) Louis VII
A) Naval exploration B) Hunting C) Tournament participation D) Philosophy
A) Security risks posed by armed knights B) They were too expensive to host C) The church forbade them D) He found them morally offensive
A) Ministeriales B) Amici C) Familiares regis D) Curia regis
A) 1154 B) 1179 C) 1176 D) 1166
A) Trial by ordeal B) Mort d'ancestor C) Dower unde nichil habet D) Novel disseisin
A) Annabel of Normandy B) Eleanor of Aquitaine C) Matilda of Flanders D) Rosamund Clifford
A) The French Capetians B) The Normans C) The Angevins D) The Plantagenets
A) Generally very good B) Hostile and argumentative C) Non-existent due to complete separation D) Dependent on the approval of the Pope
A) St Nicolas in Angers B) Reading Abbey C) The Vatican D) Witham Charterhouse
A) Order the execution of his enemies B) Consult with the Pope C) Take full confession D) Renounce his claim to the throne
A) Hospitals for lepers B) Markets for the peasantry C) Universities for the clergy D) Fortified military garrisons
A) Somerset B) Angers C) London D) Mont-Saint-Aignan
A) Astrological charts only B) Direct advice from the Archbishop C) Royal decrees D) Auguries
A) Demesne B) Pipe rolls C) Mints D) Exchequer
A) Maritime trade B) Confiscating land C) Borrowing D) Selling churches
A) The exchequer B) The mint C) The chamber D) The demesne
A) 46 per cent B) 55 per cent C) 25 per cent D) 12 per cent
A) Norman silver shilling B) London gold florin C) Awbridge silver penny D) Short Cross penny
A) Stephen of Blois B) Richard FitzNeal C) Henry I D) The King of France
A) Awbridge B) Royal Sterling C) Short Cross D) Long Cross
A) Five B) Twenty C) Ten D) Fifty
A) Around £22,000 B) Around £30,000 C) Around £18,000 D) Around £10,000
A) Chaumont-sur-Epte B) Montmirail C) Normandy D) Toulouse
A) Montmirail B) Toulouse C) Chaumont-sur-Epte D) Bordeaux
A) John B) Young Henry C) Geoffrey D) Richard
A) 1162 B) 1170 C) 1160 D) 1164
A) France B) Scotland C) Rome D) Ireland
A) Frederick I B) Edward Grim C) Thomas M. Jones D) Josiah Cox Russell |
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