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HI Pp. 156-163
Ch. 13 QUIZ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| line of kings initiated by Henry 2 and so named for the sprig of the broom plant "plante genet" that Henry's father Geoffrey, count of Anjou, wore in his hat | Plantagenet |
| laws common to all Englishmen | common law |
| a group of people called to give a verdict, or true statement, in regard to a legal matter | trial by jury |
| known as the "Lion-Hearted" | Richard 1 |
| the most hated king in English history | John |
| one of the most important documents in the history of the world | Magna Carta |
| the right of an arrested person to appear before a court to determine if his imprisonment is legal | habeas corpus |
| rules for exercise and restraint of governmental power; means to set up or to establish; a written plan which sets up a form of government and establishes its basic governing principles | constitution |
| One of the most important movements in the Middle Ages became most evident in what 4 countries? | England, France, Spain, Portugal |
| the earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles; descendants of people from the European mainland | Celts |
| a special group of Celtic men who acted as teachers, judges, and priests, conducted religious ceremonies which included human sacrifice | Druids |
| a mysterious monument that still stands in southern England; may have been an ancient Celtic worship site and observatory | Stonehenge |
| a Celtic hero remembered in poetry and prose | King Arthur |
| The Angles named the southern part of Britain what? | England or "Angleland" |
| wandering poets who devised long poems about war heroes and chanted them to their tribal chiefs for entertainment | Scops |
| the greatest Saxon poem that still remains and gives us a good idea of the warlike, barbaric manner of the Anglo-Saxons | Beowulf |
| a missionary appointed Pope Gregory 1 and began the enormous task of converting the Anglo-Saxon to Roman Catholicism | Augustine |
| the first archbishop of Canterbury | Augustine |
| the most influential church office in England | Canterbury |
| England officially accepted Romanism around what year? | 664 |
| Who controlled most of England outside of Wessex (southern England and leading Saxon kingdom)? | Danes |
| the northeastern portion of England confined by the Danes | Danelaw |
| the first great king of England | Alfred the Great |
| a running account of current events of the Anglo-Saxons | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle |
| an important town located on the Thames River in southeastern Britain | London |
| the most powerful among the English nobles | Herald Godwin |
| battle in which William wished to settle an issue with Harold Godwin's forces | Battle of Hastings 1066 |
| William's victory at the Battle of Hastings became known as what? | Norman Conquest |
| a count of people and property | Census |
| the book which contained the results of the inventory of King William's "property" | Domesday Book |
| the old assembly of nobles | Witan |
| a body composed only of his chief vassals | Great Council |
| the most important Norman king after William the Conqueror | Henry 1 |
| that which was issued promising to end heavy taxation of the nobles and the church and not to abuse the power of the king | "Charter of Liberties" |
| a group of nobles and administrators who looked after the government's finances and acted as judges over revenue matters | Exchequer |
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