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Who was destned to lead the last great invasion of england
Duke william
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Where was the battle of hastings fought
Senlac
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What is the Domesday book
records of land holdings
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What is a tithe
A tax of tenth your income
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What unit of government did william establish
feudalism
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What happened to the old english after the norman invasion
it was no longer writen and became intermingaled with the norman french
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What is a romance language
comes from latin
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Name six major institutions that unified the middle ages
feudalism, chivalry, church, cruisades, gothic archetecture, and guildes
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What was the name of the land a person held under the king
a feif
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Name the principal classes of people in medieval england
lords; clergy; peasantry, free or bound.
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What three things did chivalry train a man for
Reverance of women, service to the church, allegiance to the king
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What training began at seven
page(music and polite maners
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At fourteen, what job did a trainee take
squire
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At what age did a man become a knight
21
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What problems existed in castles
Drafty, Inadequatly heated, No windows
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What was the most popular amusement of the age
tournaments
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What is "the excluding of anybody from the church, from spiritual things, and from the love of god"
excomunication
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Who led the third crusade
king of england, richard I (lion hearted)
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Name four beneficial results of the crusades
Stimulation of commerse, developing of european cities,
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What is englands greatest architectural glory
Cathedrals
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What style of architecture used the pointed arch and slender columns
gothic styles
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What were "miracle" play?
dealth with stories from the bible
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What are "pageants"
A group of people who would present a section of a play
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What are morality plays
Plays dealing with good and evil
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What was the main purpose of a craft guild
trained women and assured a good product
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What terrible epidemic ravaged england in medieval times
Plague
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What was the most famous single event in hery II's reign
the murder of thomas becket
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What two important steps mark the gradual growth of justice in liberty during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
The birth of english common law, and the signing of the Magna Carta
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What significant meeting did simon demonfort call in 1265
the first parlement
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What two universities were founded in the middle aes
oxford and cambridge
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What country did edward I counquer
whales
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WHat king began the hundred years war with france
edward III
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who led the peasants revolt against richard II
wat tyler
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What two kings completed the war with france
Henry IV & V
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What french heroine was responsable for "saving france and england
Joan of Arc
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What was the war of the Roses
Batle between noble families of britan
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Which families symbole was witch
York was white and Landcaster was red
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What great writer was considered the father of modern english literature
Geoffry Chaussure
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what language became dominant because of its use in literature
English
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who made the first translation of the bible
John Wycliff
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