Kings and Queens
William the Conqueror
Feudal System
Horrible Histories
O'Lord
Black Death
Henry VIII (even though he's NOT medieval, we love him)
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True or False: An effect of William the Conqueror's Domesday Book was better castles
False: The effects of the Domesday book were consistent tax, and a precursor to the census of today.
100
Who was defeated in the Battle of Hastings?
King Harold II
100
Who sits at the bottom of the Feudal system?
Peasants
100
True or False: Eels were sometimes used as currency.
True - A record survives showing someone once rented land in the fenlands for 26,275 eels.
100
How many castles did William the Conqueror build when he was King?
500
100
Did doctors were bird masks
Yes.
100
How many wives did Henry VIII have?
6
200
True or False: When William bought the Norman language to England it combines with Anglo-Saxon to become modern English.
True!
200
What year was the Battle of Hastings?
1066
200
Who is at the top of the Feudal System?
The King
200
If you were a woman who didn't believe in God, what were you often accused of being?
A witch
200
What building was usually in the centre of every medieval town?
A church
200
True or False: Flagellents would whip themselves to seek forgiveness from God
True
200
what killed Anne Boleyn?
A. Natural causes
B. Axe
C. Sword
D. Mace
C. Sword
300
how many people were promised kinghood from Edward the confessor
3
300
The Bayeux Tapestry is how many metres long?
70m
300
Something is missing from this pyramid. A) Does someone/something sit above the King? B) Who/what is it?
Church/Pope
300
True or False: The Breaking Wheel was a medieval torture device.
True. It was used for dislocating joints and breaking bones.
300
How much of their crop did peasants have to give to the Church?
Hint: it's a fraction
1/10
300
where were the body's placed?
on top of each other in the graves
300
Who gave birth to Elizabeth the first
A. Catherine of Aragon
B. Anne Boylen
C. Anna of Cleves
A. Anne Boylen
400
how many people fought England for the title of king
8
400
William the Conqueror was the Duke of where?
Normandy
400
Who is missing on the Feudal Pyramid of Power?
Knights and vassals
400
Are painful, swollen lymph glands a symptom of the Black Death?
Yes!
400
did lords have powers over kings?
yes, they did the kings relied on the lords for military services. when the lords refused the kings they were in big trouble
400
Where did the black death originate?
Asia
400
How old was henry the 8th when he died
55 .
500
What does Divine Right mean?
The right of a sovereign to rule as set forth by the theory of government that holds that a monarch receives the right to rule directly from God and not from the people
500
Who promised William the Crown?
Edward the Confessor
500
Who is missing from the Feudal Pyramid of Power?
Nobles
500
why did doctors wear bird masks?
because when working with contaminated patients they would have flowers in the bottom of their masks to breath in flowers instead of the black death's stench
500
True or False:
was the church of England the first church to have a bible in English?
True. all other bibles at the time were written in Latin.