Medieval Europe 3.1

Question 1

Who were the people the ancient Romans called “barbarians”?

Answer 1

Tribal people who were from outside Roman bordersThis

Question 2

Where did the people known as the Franks settle

Answer 2

France

Question 3

Who was the head of the Western Church (later the Roman Catholic Church)?

Answer 3

The People

Question 4

Which figure famously declared William the Conqueror’s invasion of England in 1066 a Holy Crusade?

Answer 4

The Pope

Question 5

What is it called when the Pope expels a person from the church forever?

Answer 5

Excommunicate

Question 6

What killed approximately 25 million people in the middle of the 14th century in Europe?

Answer 6

The Black Death

Question 7

Where did most people live in medieval Europe?

Answer 7

Small Farming Villages

Question 8

What is “devine right”?

Answer 8

The belief that monarchs were placed at the head of their country by the will of God.

Question 9

Which kings ruled the Kingdom of the Franks?

Answer 9

The Carolingians

Question 10

The majority of what we know about Charlemagne was written by who?

Answer 10

Einhard

Question 11

On Christmas Day, 800 CE, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne what?

Answer 11

The holy Roman emperor

Question 12

What did Charlemagne significantly do for Pope Leo III?

Answer 12

He forced his reinstatement as Pope following accusations of adultery.

Question 13

How did the giving of grants of land to his closest supporters benefit Charlemagne?

Answer 13

To encourage their ongoing loyalty and support

So they could support and equip themselves to assist Charlemagne in battle

Question 14

How many years did Charlemagne’s rule last for?

Answer 14

47

Question 15

Who did Charlemagne crown as his successor just prior to his own death?

Answer 15

Louis the Pious

Question 16

What year was Charlemagne born?

Answer 16

742

Question 17

The Viking leader, Hrolf, defeated which descendant of Charlemagne in 911 CE?

Answer 17

Charles the Simple

Question 18

What was Hrolf given in return for the promise to stop raiding and to convert to Christianity?

Answer 18

The fief of Normandy

Question 19

What did Hrolf change his name to?

Answer 19

Rollo

Question 20

Under feudalism, what do we call a person who offers his loyalty and service to a lord in return for his protection and the granting of a fief?

Answer 20

Vassal

Question 21

Durring whose reign of England did many Normans become involved in English politics?

Answer 21

Edward the Confessor

Question 22

Whose army did William, Duke of Normandy, defeat at the Battle of Hastings?

Answer 22

Harold Godwinson

Question 23

What is William, Duke of Normandy, more frequently refered to as?

Answer 23

William the Conqueror

Question 24

What year did the Battle of Hastings occur?

Answer 24

1066

Question 25

Why do some scholars believe that Edward the Confessor had no natural hier?

Answer 25

He was such a devoted Christian he chose not to have sex with his wife.

Question 26

What is the "Domesday Book"?

Answer 26

A book that documents a survey of all the land of England for tax purposes

Question 27

What language did England's Norman rulers use as everyday speech?

Answer 27

French

Question 28

What was the relationship between a vassal and a lord?

Answer 28

Vassals provide military support and loyalty to a lord in return for control of a portion of land.

Question 29

How often did individuals change the social position they were born into in medival England?

Answer 29

Almost Never

Question 30

On a fuedal manor, whose responsibility was it to ensure livestock did not damage crops?

Answer 30

Hayward

Question 31

On a feudal manor, who managed the manor and looked after business matters?

Answer 31

Steward

Question 32

On a feudal manor, who collected and organised taxes?

Answer 32

Bailiff

Question 33

In a feudal mannor, what was the chief serf who reported to the bailiff called?

Answer 33

Reeve

Question 34

Why were feudal crop lands divided into separate fields?

Answer 34

So that one could be harvested, one planted and one left to recover nutrients