Diseases
This epidemic wiped out much of Europe and caused global temperatures to drop.
What is the Bubonic Plague (Black Death)?
This King of the Franks and head of the Carolingian Dynasty conquered much of western Europe.
Who is Charlemagne (Charles the Great)
These barbarians were the original inhabitants of France.
These soldiers followed the Code of Chivalry and rode on horses.
What are knights?
This was the name for peasants who were bound to a fief.
What is a serf?
What is clubfoot?
These two noble houses fought each other in the War of the Roses, resulting in the rise of House Tudor.
Who are House Lancaster and House York?
This system was used to distribute land in the form of fiefs and involved the servitude of peasants.
What is Feudalism?
This religion contained a sect known as the Antidicomarians who were based in Arabia.
What is Christianity?
This position was often occupied by a child near the same age as a noble child and was used to punish noble children.
What is whooping cough?
This King was shot in the eye and subsequently stabbed to death at the Battle of Hastings.
Who is Harold Godwinson?
This place in France was named after the northmen who conquered it.
What is Normandy?
This wife of Justinian I convinced the Byzantine Emperor not to flee during the Nika Riots.
Who is Theodora?
This early morning prayer was required of peasants.
What is matin?
According to medieval medicine, this sickness was cured by applying boy's pee to the affected area.
This woman was the first Queen Regnant of England and was one of the claimants in the English Civil War.
Who is Empress Mathilda (Queen Maud)?
This was the name Vikings gave Canada when they discovered it.
What is Vinland?
This famous festival saw people roll burning hay bales down a hill.
What is Midsummer's Eve?
This haircut was commonly seen on medieval monks.
What is a tonsure?
This "disease" plagued a large convent in France.
What is Meowing and Biting Nuns or the Meowing Plague?
This dish was served to Edward and his brother Richard IV, marking them for death.
What is a black boar's head?
This early kingdom in the British Isles contained parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland and whose name meant "coast of the Gales".
What is Dal Riata?
On this holiday, it was common to chase a greased pig.
What is Michaelmas?
This British peasant led 20,000 rebels against King Richard II to oppose the collection of a poll tax and gain social and economic reforms.
Who is (Walter) Wat Tyler?