History Chapter 15 Flashcards
Who conquered the celts about 50 years before the birth of Christ?
Julius Caesar
Who were the celts?
Earliest inhabitants. Wild people and painted themselves blue.
What was the greatest poem the Saxons wrote?
Beowolf
Who was the missionary appointed by pope Gregory the great in 597 and began the great task of converting the Anglo Saxons to Roman Catholicism ?
Augustine
Who was the first great king of England ?
Alfred the great
Who was the king who controlled England, Denmark, Norway , as a great empire ?
Canute the Dane
Who was the vassal of the king of France and stepped forward to be the new king
William the conquer
What is constitutional government ?
Restraining rulers from violating their. Subject freedoms
The person who settled the first meeting of parliament in 1265?
Simon de Montfort
Henry II son?
Edward I
What was the war when the English were battling the France over land. ?
Hundred Years’ War
Who was the peasant girl who claimed to hear heavenly voiced to lead the French battle?
Joan of arch
Who was fighting in the war of roses. ?
House of Yorks vs the house of landcasters
Who was the first Tudor ruler
Henry 7
Who was the queen who resolved to return the English nation to the roman church?
Bloody Mary
