A) Battle of Bannockburn B) Battle of Agincourt C) Battle of Hastings D) Battle of Bosworth Field
A) Spain B) France C) Germany D) England
A) 1000 B) 1066 C) 1400 D) 1200
A) Magna Carta B) Bill of Rights C) Domesday Book D) Declaration of Independence
A) York Minster B) Westminster Abbey C) Salisbury Cathedral D) Canterbury Cathedral
A) Rising of the North B) Revolt of the North C) Uprising of the North D) Harrying of the North
A) Henry I B) Robert Curthose C) Richard the Fearless D) William II
A) Saxon Army B) Viking Army C) Norman Army D) Roman Army
A) Duke of Normandy B) Baron of Cornwall C) Viscount of Kent D) Earl of Wessex
A) Windsor Castle B) Palace of Westminster C) Buckingham Palace D) Tower of London
A) 1035 onward B) 1066 onward C) 1050 onward D) 1047 onward
A) Robert Curthose B) Richard the Fearless C) Henry I D) William Rufus
A) William the Conqueror B) Harold Godwinson C) Edgar Ætheling D) Harald Hardrada
A) Brother-in-law B) Second cousin C) First cousin once removed D) Nephew
A) Bayeux Cathedral B) Caen C) Rouen Cathedral D) Westminster Abbey
A) Listing Norman laws B) Documenting religious practices C) Surveying land-holdings for taxation and administration D) Recording military victories
A) Loss of Normandy to the French king B) Conflict with the Pope over church reforms C) Troubles with his son, Robert Curthose D) Economic depression in England
A) Creating a unified empire B) Centralizing power in London C) Abdicating control of Normandy D) Administering each part separately
A) Vikings B) Franks C) Norsemen D) Anglo-Saxons
A) Caen B) Paris C) The lands around Rouen D) Bayeux
A) Harold Harefoot B) Richard II C) King Æthelred the Unready D) Cnut
A) William the Conqueror B) Alfred C) Harthacnut D) Edward the Confessor
A) Cnut B) Edward C) Harold Harefoot D) William the Conqueror
A) 1040 B) 1030 C) 1027 D) 1028
A) Queen B) Duchess C) Noblewoman D) Tanner or embalmer
A) Walter B) Herluin de Conteville C) Robert I D) Fulbert of Falaise
A) Imprisoning Richard III B) Exiling Richard III C) Killing Richard III D) Fleeing with Richard III
A) Their coronation as kings B) Their marriage to Norman princesses C) Their exile in northern France D) Their return to England
A) There is no record of any engagement. B) Yes, and they had several children. C) Yes, but the marriage was annulled. D) No, no marriage took place.
A) They captured an Angevin fortress but accomplished little else. B) They formed a lasting alliance with Geoffrey Martel. C) Geoffrey Martel joined forces with William and King Henry. D) They completely defeated Geoffrey Martel.
A) King Henry B) William the Conqueror C) Geoffrey Martel D) Guy of Burgundy
A) The Evreux family B) The Flanders family C) The Martel family D) The Bellême family
A) Six B) Two C) Four D) Three
A) There were no papal-Norman relations during this period. B) Papal sanction was probably secured earlier due to generally good relations. C) The Pope immediately sanctioned the marriage. D) The marriage caused a permanent rift with the Pope.
A) Stigand B) Ealdred, the Archbishop of York C) William of Poitiers D) Pope Alexander II
A) River Dives B) Isle of Wight C) Saint-Valery-sur-Somme D) Valery-sur-Somme
A) At Hastings B) Near York C) On Senlac Hill D) In London
A) York B) Pevensey Bay C) Hastings D) London
A) London B) Hastings Castle C) Pevensey Bay D) Senlac Hill
A) About 9 am on 14 October B) In the afternoon on 14 October C) At dawn on 25 September D) Midnight on 13 October
A) With archers from higher ground B) As a shield wall along the ridge C) By retreating to Senlac Hill D) Using cavalry charges
A) Ambushes from higher ground B) Feigned retreats C) Direct frontal assaults D) Surprise attacks at dawn
A) Waltheof B) Edgar the Ætheling C) Stigand D) William fitzOsbern
A) Southwark B) Canterbury C) Wallingford D) Winchester
A) Edith B) Matilda C) Gytha D) William's niece Judith
A) Canterbury B) Exeter C) Winchester D) Southwark
A) Judith B) Edgar the Ætheling C) Matilda herself D) Gytha
A) Scotland B) Wales C) Normandy D) Ireland
A) Odo B) Stigand C) FitzOsbern D) Eadnoth
A) Warwick Castle B) Nottingham Castle C) York Castle D) Lincoln Castle
A) Odo, William's half-brother. B) Lanfranc C) Stigand D) Æthelmær
A) William fitzOsbern B) Earl Edwin C) Count Baldwin VI D) Hereward the Wake
A) A fortress B) A tunnel C) A causeway D) A bridge
A) Earl Edwin B) Hereward the Wake C) William fitzOsbern D) Morcar
A) Denmark B) Normandy C) Herefordshire D) Brittany
A) Odo of Bayeux B) Cnut, the Danish king's brother C) Roger de Breteuil D) Ralph de Gael
A) King Philip of France B) Count Fulk le Rechin C) Simon de Crépy D) Earl Ralph
A) Simon de Crépy B) Count Fulk le Rechin C) King Philip of France D) Earl Ralph
A) Maine B) Amiens C) The Vexin D) Normandy
A) 1080 B) 1076 C) 1077 D) 1078
A) The 'new castle' at Newcastle upon Tyne B) A palace in Rouen C) A monastery in Normandy D) A fortification in Maine
A) Feudalization B) Subinfeudation C) Enfeoffment D) Manorialism
A) Wildlife protection statute B) Game preservation act C) Hunting rights decree D) Forest law
A) Poll taxes B) Tithes C) Danegeld D) Customs duties
A) Five shillings B) Two shillings C) Ten shillings D) One pound
A) 1092 B) 1077 C) 1085 D) 1066
A) By 1 August 1086 B) By 1099 C) By Christmas 1085 D) By 1075
A) It was stolen by thieves. B) The tomb burst open, spreading a foul odor. C) It fit perfectly without issue. D) It disappeared mysteriously.
A) His sword B) One thigh bone C) A piece of his armor D) His crown |