Middle Ages Notes

Question 1

When did the Battle of Hastings occur?

Answer 1

October 14, 1066

Question 2

What is the name of the Tapestry that records the Battle of Hastings?

Answer 2

Bayeux Tapestry

Question 3

Who becomes king after Edward the Confessor?

Answer 3

William of Normandy

Question 4

Who was recommended after Edward died to become King?

Answer 4

Harold

Question 5

William l orders the creation of what?

Answer 5

Domesday Book

Question 6

What is the Domesday Book used for?

Answer 6

Taxing purposes

Question 7

What were the Anglo-Saxon noblemen replaced by?

Answer 7

Frenchmen

Question 8

What languages were combined to become Middle English?

Answer 8

Norman French and Old English

Question 9

Who rules the entire country in a Feudal System?

Answer 9

The King

Question 10

Who farms the land but does not own it?

Answer 10

Serfs

Question 11

Who owns the sections of land divided by the King?

Answer 11

Fifes (Vassals)

Question 12

What do the Fifes provide for the King?

Answer 12

Money and Armies

Question 13

Who ruled the women?

Answer 13

father, brother, or husband

Question 14

What were the jobs of women?

Answer 14

work at home, raise children, or become a nun (if husband died)

Question 15

Why were marriages arranged?

Answer 15

for political reasons

Question 16

What is chivalry?

Answer 16

the behavior regulated according to fixed moral principles.

Question 17

What are the four codes of ethics for Knights?

Answer 17

1.) Loyal to feudal obligations
2.) Generous to church
3.) Respectful of church authority
4.) No breaking of oaths

Question 18

What is courtly love?

Answer 18

romantic idealization of love and the compensation for brutal existence

Question 19

What is the belief in courtly love?

Answer 19

There is no true love in marriage

Question 20

When did the religious wars of the Crusades take place?

Answer 20

1095-1270

Question 21

What waged war on Islamic countries?

Answer 21

Christians serving God

Question 22

What is the key to the Crusades?

Answer 22

Conversion

Question 23

What did the Crusades believe?

Answer 23

They had a better chance of getting into heaven

Question 24

Who was Richard l held for ransom by?

Answer 24

Leopold of Austria

Question 25

Robin Hood legend

Answer 25

part of crusades

Question 26

Who was married to Elanor of Aquitaine?

Answer 26

Louis VII and Remarries to Henry II

Question 27

Who helped their sons plot against their father?

Answer 27

Elanor of Aquitaine helps four sons plot against Henry II

Question 28

Who spent 10 years in prison?

Answer 28

Elanor of Aquitaine

Question 29

Who is the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages?

Answer 29

Elanor of Aquitaine

Question 30

Who was Thomas Becket's Best friend?

Answer 30

Henry II

Question 31

Who was the King of England?

Answer 31

Henry II

Question 32

Who is married to King Henry II?

Answer 32

Elanor of Aquitaine

Question 33

What are the Names of King Henry II's sons?

Answer 33

Richard and John

Question 34

After King Henry II is turned against who becomes King/s of England ?

Answer 34

The sons of King Henry II (Richard and John)

Question 35

Who is Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 35

Thomas Becket

Question 36

What is England's highest religious office called?

Answer 36

Canterbury

Question 37

What happens to Thomas Becket?

Answer 37

He is murdered on the steps of Canterbury Cathedral

Question 38

What was the Magna Carta?

Answer 38

The basics for English Constitutional law

Question 39

Who signed the Magna Carta?

Answer 39

King John in 1215 (Forced to at Runnymede)

Question 40

How many clauses does the Magna Carta have?

Answer 40

63

Question 41

What took power away from the pope and King?

Answer 41

Magna Carta

Question 42

How much was gained from the Magna Carta for common people and aristocrats?

Answer 42

Nothing was given to Common people only more power to aristocrats

Question 43

What is the name of The Black Death?

Answer 43

Yersinia Pestis

Question 44

How many people were killed by the Black Death?

Answer 44

Half of the English population

Question 45

What caused the Black Death? Mortality rate? Pain tolerance?

Answer 45

Fleas with a 70% Mortality rate and very Painful death

Question 46

What was the first national war between England & France?

Answer 46

The Hundred Years War

Question 47

During the Hundred Years War what happened to English land held in France?

Answer 47

Most of it was lost

Question 48

What were Knights replaced by in the Hundred Years War?

Answer 48

Landowners (Yeomen) with longbows

Question 49

Edward the Black price at ______

Answer 49

Poitiers

Question 50

Henry V at _____

Answer 50

Agincourt

Question 51

Joan of Arc at______

Answer 51

Orleans

Question 52

Who killed Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth?

Answer 52

Henry V

Question 53

What is Henry V named for Leading to the beginning of the Tudor dynasty and Renaissance?

Answer 53

King Henry VIII

Question 54

Who does Henry VII marry?

Answer 54

Elizabeth of York