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What date was the Battle of Hastings?
14 October 1066
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Where was Rollo given lordship over by Charles the Simple in 911?
Rouen and the Seine Valley
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What were the Three Orders of Society?
Peasants, Knights and Clergy
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In 1125, Henry I accused moniers of debasing coinage. How were they punished?
Lost their right hands and castrated
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How did Henry II invade Ireland?
With prefabricated castles
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What did Henry II's marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine start?
The Angevin Empire
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What caused the collapse of the Angevin Empire?
Phillip II's invasion of Normandy
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In which year did John sign the Magna Carta?
1215
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Who wrote 'Deeds of the Dukes of the Normans'?
William of Jumieges
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What is the name of the cathedral William I built at Caen?
St Etienne
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Who created the Anglo-Saxon state?
Alfred the Great
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What was special about the Anglo-Saxon state?
It was the only real state in 10th Century Europe
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What helped the organisation of land tax in the Anglo-Saxon state?
Reliable coinage
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Which historian sees the High Middle Ages as a revolution?
Duby
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Which historian sees the High Middle Ages as an evolution?
Wickham
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Which historians see the High Middle Ages as a revelation?
Geary and Barthelemy
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Dendochronology shows that there was a period of climate change. What effect did this have?
Successful agriculture and economic expansion
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How many people lived in Paris in 1100?
3000
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How many people lived in Paris in 1250?
163,000
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How many new settlements were created in England in the 12th and 13th centuries?
132
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Before 1100, what did the word 'pecunia' typically refer to?
Animals and land
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In which year was the first first heresy burning in Orleans?
1022
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Who revived the study of maths in 970?
Pope Sylvester II
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Where were the first universities?
Paris and Bologna
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What is the main architectural movement c. 1000 - c. 1150?
Romanesque
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What was the main architectural movement c. 1130 - c. 1500?
Gothic
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In which year did the Danish threaten to invade?
1085
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What did the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle say about the Domesday Book?
"Not one ox or cow nor one pig that was there left out"
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Who coined the term 'Domesdei'?
Richard fitz Neal
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In what year was the Domesday Book compiled?
1086
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How many Cluniac monasteries were there in 1095?
1000
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Which pope travelled through France and Germany to impose clerical discipline?
Leo IX
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When was the first Cistercian monastery founded?
1098
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What is a 'novitiate'?
A year long probationary period
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How many Cistercian houses were there in 1250?
647
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How many Cistercian houses were there in 1119?
5
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Which pope was mainly involved in the Investiture Contest?
Gregory VII
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In which year was a decree issued forbidding laymen from investing clerics?
1075
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Which emperor called upon a German synod to depose Gregory?
Henry II
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Which pope created the curia?
Urban II
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