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Date of Mohammed's flight from Mecca
622AD
Date of the Battle of Hastings
1066 AD
Barbarian Tribe that sacked Rome in 410 AD
Visigoths
Frank who established the church as a state in Italy
Pepin the Short
Holy Roman emperor who was excommunicated for refusal to recognize the authority of the pope
Henry IV
English King who recognized Scotland's independence and acknowledged Bruce as king
Edward III
Henry's II's wife
Richard I
Pope who called for the First Crusade
Urban II
Scottish knight who raised a rebellion against the English and was put to death by the English king
William Wallace
Leader of the Muslims in their recapture of Jerusalem
Saladin
Frank who defeated the Muslims at Tours, ending Muslim expansion into Europe
Charles Martel
Viking king who won Normandy from the French in a peace agreement
Rollo
First German Ruler to take the title of Holy Roman emperor
Otto
King of France crowned Roman emperor in 800 AD
Charlemagne
King of the Germans who conquered the Magyars
William the Fowler
Norman king who came to England to claim the throne and took it
William the Conqueror
Christian wife of Clovis
DAILY DOUBLE
Clotilde
Established monastery with vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
Benedict
Missionary who spread Christianity throughout Ireland
St Patrick
Muslim leader of an Islamic country
Calliph
Roman noble who murdered Valentinian to gain control of Roman throne
Maximus
Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered by the King's men
Thomas Becket
Pope who excommunicated the Holy Roman emperor, but died in exile
Gregory VII
Daily Double
Series of wars to take the Holy Land from the Muslims
The Crusades
Most valuable document ever granted by a sovereign to his people, signed at Runnymede in 1215AD
Magna Carta