Medieval period, Ballads, and King Arthur

Question 1

Who did the Saxon council chose to be king when Edward the Confessor died in 1066?

Answer 1

Harold II

Question 2

Who had been living in France and said he had been promised the throne?

Answer 2

William, Duke of Normandy

Question 3

What did William do to defeat the Saxons in 1066?

Answer 3

He raised an army and crossed the English Channel to defeat them in the Battle of Hastings

Question 4

When and where was William crowned the first true King of England?

Answer 4

December 25th, 1066 at Windsor Castle

Question 5

What did William I build?

Answer 5

Tower of London and Windsor Castle

Question 6

What were the characteristics of the Normans

Answer 6

They were from normandy which is in northwestern France, they descended from the Vikings, they spoke French, and they had great abilities in law and government

Question 7

What is the system of government based on tenancy, not ownership of the land?

Answer 7

Feudalism

Question 8

Who owned all of the land?

Answer 8

William I

Question 9

William I gave land to his supporters in exchange for what?

Answer 9

Service

Question 10

What did each group in Feudalism have

Answer 10

A title (Lords, Dukes, Counts, Barons, Knights, Vassals)

Question 11

who were the slaves that farmed the land?

Answer 11

The serfs (anglo saxons)

Question 12

what is the Domesday Book and why was it written?

Answer 12

It was used as extensive listing of who owned what and was used for purposes of taxation to solve land disputes

Question 13

What religion spread throughout Europe?

Answer 13

The Roman Catholic Church

Question 14

who was Henry II?

Answer 14

The current king

Question 15

who was Thomas Becket?

Answer 15

The Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 16

what did Henry II and Thomas Becket fight over?

Answer 16

Power

Question 17

What happened to Thomas Becket?

Answer 17

He was assassinated by four barons who were sent by Henry II

Question 18

What was the result of Thomas Beckets assasination?

Answer 18

Henry II lost power and the church gained power

Question 19

What happened to the Catholic church during this time?

Answer 19

It became corrupted

Question 20

Where did King Richard “the Lionhearted” spend most of his time?

Answer 20

In the Holy Lands fighting in the Crusades

Question 21

Who took over the throne and raised taxes?

Answer 21

Prince John who was King Richards evil brother

Question 22

What marked the beginning of constitutional government?

Answer 22

The signing of the Magna Carta (Great Charter)

Question 23

How and when was the Magna Carta signed?

Answer 23

A group of angry barons forced Prince John to sign the agreement in 1215

Question 24

What became the largest trading center in England?

Answer 24

London

Question 25

What was London's principal export?

Answer 25

Wool

Question 26

what struck England in 1348?

Answer 26

The Black Death that was the first of a series of plagues

Question 27

How much of England's population did the Black Death kill?

Answer 27

A third

Question 28

What ended feudalism?

Answer 28

The scarcity of labor from the plagues

Question 29

What were the Crusades?

Answer 29

A series of wars to rescue the Holy Lands from the Turks

Question 30

What were the Hundred Years Wars?

Answer 30

Wars between England and France because England was trying to hold on to Normandy

Question 31

What were the Wars of the Roses?

Answer 31

Civil wars between the House of York, whose emblem was the white rose, and the House of Lancaster, symbolized by a red rose

Question 32

Who ended the War of the Roses and how?

Answer 32

Henry VII when he united the feuding families through marriage and founded the Tudor dynasty

Question 33

How and when was the medieval period end?

Answer 33

Henry's accession in 1485

Question 34

What was the code of conduct that the knights lived by?

Answer 34

The Code of Chivalry

Question 35

What did the Code of Chivalry include?

Answer 35

Allegiance to the king, service to the church, respect toward women, and morals such as being honorable and truthful

Question 36

What was the language of the church and universities?

Answer 36

Latin

Question 37

What was the language of the government?

Answer 37

French

Question 38

What was the language of the people?

Answer 38

Anglish

Question 39

What were the universities in England?

Answer 39

Oxford and Cambridge

Question 40

What was the type of architecture during the medieval period?

Answer 40

Gothic

Question 41

What was the literature during the medieval period?

Answer 41

King Arthur, The Canterbury Tales, and ballads

Question 42

What is King Arthur

Answer 42

Literature classified as a romance with tales of chivalry and an added love interest

Question 43

What is a ballad?

Answer 43

A short story in song or verse that is simple in plot and divided into stanzas

Question 44

Where does the word ballad come from?

Answer 44

the french word "balar" which means to dance

Question 45

what is a ballad called if it has an unknown author?

Answer 45

A folk ballad

Question 46

What is a ballad called when it has a known author?

Answer 46

A literary ballad

Question 47

What are characteristics of a ballad?

Answer 47

they involve common, everyday people, they usually deal with physical courage or tragic love, they contain little characterization or description, they contain dialogue which moves the action along, much of the story is told indirectly; you have to fill in the gaps, they contain four line stanzas called quatrains, and they contain a refrain

Question 48

What is a refrain?

Answer 48

A phrase or line repeated at the end of the stanza

Question 49

Who did Guinevere fall in love with that caused the downfall of Camelot in King Arthur?

Answer 49

Lancelot

Question 50

What is the name of Arthur's sword?

Answer 50

Excalibur

Question 51

Who is the famous magician in King Arthur?

Answer 51

Merlin

Question 52

What is the translation of Le Morte d'Arthur?

Answer 52

The death of Arthur

Question 53

The What was the family crest called that was put on the shields?

Answer 53

Code of arm