Peak

Question 1

1066

Answer 1

Battle of Hastings

Question 2

Mid 12th century

Answer 2

Plantagenet dynasty

Question 3

1455-1458

Answer 3

War of the Two Roses

Question 4

1485

Answer 4

Accession of Henrich Tudor to the English throne, stabilization of condition

Question 5

843

Answer 5

Treaty of Verdun

Question 6

911

Answer 6

Norman settlement in northern France

Question 7

987-1328

Answer 7

Rule of the Kapet dynasty (direct branch)

Question 8

1328

Answer 8

The onset of the side branch of the Kapet family - the Valois family

Question 9

1337-1453

Answer 9

Hundred years war

Question 10

End of the 15th century

Answer 10

Laying the foundations of strong power in France

Question 11

962

Answer 11

Otto I. is crowned Roman emperor

Question 12

1077

Answer 12

German king Henry IV. at the castle of Canossa in the robes of a penitent submitted to Pope

Question 13

1122

Answer 13

Worm Concordat

Question 14

1138-1254

Answer 14

Government of the Hohenstauf family

Question 15

1347-1437

Answer 15

Luxembourg government

Question 16

From 1438

Answer 16

Habsburg rule

Question 17

996

Answer 17

Otto III grandson of Otto I. coronation HRE

Question 18

Fight for investiture

Answer 18

Dispute between the papacy and the EU (esp German) monarchs over the right to invest (appoint) bishops

Question 19

The Cluny Reform

Answer 19

Denouncing the granting of ecclesiastical offices to the laity

Question 20

Beginning of fight for investiture

Answer 20

Arose during the occupation of the Archbishopric of Milan - King Henry IV of Rome supported one candidate - the pope another……. Dispute erupted in full under the pontificate of Gregory VII - 1075 Synod of Lent he sent order under which no clergyman was allowed to accept a ecclesiastical office at the hands of a layman under penalty of imprisonment - secular princes should be excommunicated if he dared to grant the investiture - Henry did not intend to respect popes orders - used his influence on the imperial clergy, convened his assembly, at which the imperial bishops and abbots deposed pope Gregory VII - pope excommunicated Henry and forbade subjects to accept his orders - success Henry left by followers - 1077 Henry crossed the Alpine passes from GER to ITA and for three days in the penitents robe stood barefoot and without food at the gate of the Canossa Fortress where the pope was staying - Henry accepted back into church - not introduced to sovereign rights - issues to be resolved in Reichstag - Henry promised to submit to the assembly and become a good son of the church- politically Henry won, historically papacy because pope proved superiority over secular power - ended with Worm Concordat of 1122: compromise - the episcopal election was divided into secular and ecclesiastical parts - election of a bishop was still an exclusively ecclesiastical affair, but was to take place in the kings presence - after election king handed the scepter to bishop as a sign of secular power - popes deputies gave ring and crutch as a sign of spiritual power - reduced kings influence over the high clergy

Question 21

Worm Concordat

Answer 21

1122, compromise in which the episcopal election was divided into secular and ecclesiastical parts. Election of a bishop was still a ecclesiastical affair but took place in presence of the king. King handed the scepter to the newly elected bishop as a sign of secular power and popes deputies gave the ring and crutch as a sign of spiritual power - the compromise reduced the kings influence over the high clergy

Question 22

1152

Answer 22

Frederick of Barbarossa (red beard) became king of Rome

Question 23

1190

Answer 23

Frederick of Barbarossa drowned in Palestine during expedition

Question 24

1257

Answer 24

In the election for King of Rome, right to vote was limited to seven electorates - 3 ecclesiastical officials, 4 secular feudal lords

Question 25

1273

Answer 25

Rudolf of Habsburg elected king of Germany

Question 26

1356

Answer 26

The Golden Bull - basic imperial law, constitution, confirmed many traditional customs (Charles IV)

Question 27

1806

Answer 27

HRE donesies

Question 28

1437

Answer 28

Sigi of LUX dead

Question 29

1495

Answer 29

Court by imperial princes in Reichstag decided to strengthen central power by resolving internal conflicts via court, ban on internal wars and implement of landscape peace

Question 30

1086

Answer 30

Domesday book

Question 31

Domesday book

Answer 31

First great medieval statistical work, data on the area of agricultural land, population, livestock numbers, agricultural implements, total income from individual estates - basis for tax assessment

Question 32

1215

Answer 32

Magna Carta

Question 33

1302

Answer 33

Unam sanctam