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