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