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)
100
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
The plague was caused by...
Fleas on rats
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
When did the Black Death begin?
1346
200
How did Anne Boleyn die?
A. Natural causes
B. Complication due to childbirth
C. Beheaded (via sword)
C. Beheaded (via sword)
300
Out of Edward the Confessor, Harold II and William the Conqueror, how many of these Kings died by natural causes?
2 (Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror)
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
True or False: Flagellents would whip themselves to seek forgiveness from God
True!
Others often prayed to God for an end to the plague.
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300
Catherine of Aragon was Henry's first wife. She has one child live to adulthood. Who was it?
A. Mary
B. Edward
C. Elizabeth
A. Mary
400
Which of these Kings/Queens did not exist:
A. Ethelred II the Unready
B. Richard I the Lionheart
C. William the Conqueror
D. Noah III the Nice
D. Noah III the Nice
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
How many people died throughout Britain and Europe between 1347 - 1352?
A. 25-100 million
B. 2-10 million
C. 50 million
D. 50-200 million
A. 25-100 million
400
True or False: After Henry VIII died, the next in line to the throne was Elizabeth I.
False.
The crown passed onto his son Edward IV.
It then went to Jane Grey (9 Day Jane), Mary I (Bloody Mary) and THEN Elizabeth I. .
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
What was a benefit that peasants had after the Black Death? (Multiple answers accepted)
- Ability to buy their own land
- Cheaper food
- Able to demand higher wages
- Greater social mobility
500
What was the name of the Church that Henry VIII created in order to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn?
Church of England