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154 Cards in this Set
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At which monastery in what is now an island in Scotland did the Irish monk Columba reside |
Iona |
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What was the capital of flanders |
Gent |
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What is the name of the Spanish city where Christians were martyrs in the ninth century |
Cordova |
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Which Lancashire local district became famous for cases of witchcraft |
Pendle |
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Which was not part of the vocations of medieval friars |
Strict enclosure in their monasteries |
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At what German monastery was Hildergand of Binge left by her parents at only aged 8 |
Disibodenberg |
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In what year was the last Cathar priest burned |
1321 |
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In what year was the last Cathar priest burned |
1321 |
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Where was the 1648 peace of west Phalia negotiated |
Osnabruck |
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Who ruled Sicily between 1091-1266 |
Normans |
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The two most influential order of friars were the fan ciscans and the carthusians |
False |
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Most of the written sources of Viking activity from the period itself are considered impartial |
False |
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The Icelandic saga were first written in the Viking age |
False |
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Iceland is the location of the worlds oldest parliament, what is it called? |
Althing |
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A massacre of supposed Cathar heretic was carried out in Bezier |
1209 |
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The 12th and 13th century witnessed a more general tolerance to women in warefare |
True |
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After what fortified town in south France was the crusade against Cathar named |
Albi |
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After what fortified town in south France was the crusade against Cathar named |
Albi |
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A group of women who follow a semi monastic life without taking permanent vows we known as |
Beguines |
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After what fortified town in south France was the crusade against Cathar named |
Albi |
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A group of women who follow a semi monastic life without taking permanent vows we known as |
Beguines |
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Scandinavians who were active in the imperial Byzantine army are often thought to be apart of the ______ guard |
Varangian |
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After what fortified town in south France was the crusade against Cathar named |
Albi |
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A group of women who follow a semi monastic life without taking permanent vows we known as |
Beguines |
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Scandinavians who were active in the imperial Byzantine army are often thought to be apart of the ______ guard |
Varangian |
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In what century was the first Latin translation of the Quran made |
12th |
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What was the modern city of Bubrounik called in the Middle Ages |
Ragusa |
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After what fortified town in south France was the crusade against Cathar named |
Albi |
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A group of women who follow a semi monastic life without taking permanent vows we known as |
Beguines |
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Scandinavians who were active in the imperial Byzantine army are often thought to be apart of the ______ guard |
Varangian |
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In what century was the first Latin translation of the Quran made |
12th |
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What was the modern city of Bubrounik called in the Middle Ages |
Ragusa |
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In what year were the Jew expelled from England |
1290 |
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The concept of the Middle Ages comes from the period in the renaissance when they thought they were being more like the Romans |
True |
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After what fortified town in south France was the crusade against Cathar named |
Albi |
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A group of women who follow a semi monastic life without taking permanent vows we known as |
Beguines |
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Scandinavians who were active in the imperial Byzantine army are often thought to be apart of the ______ guard |
Varangian |
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In what century was the first Latin translation of the Quran made |
12th |
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What was the modern city of Bubrounik called in the Middle Ages |
Ragusa |
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In what year were the Jew expelled from England |
1290 |
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The concept of the Middle Ages comes from the period in the renaissance when they thought they were being more like the Romans |
True |
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What was the resident city of the Habsburg dynasty from 1440s |
Vienna |
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During the 16th century where in Rome did the pope reside |
Vatican City |
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What town is the famous tapestry that depicts the Norman conquest |
Bayeux |
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What major religious and mercantile centre in Mexico did Hernan Cortes have his men massacre 6,000 indigenous people |
Cholula |
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Who developed the printing press in Germany |
Johannes Gutenberg |
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Krak des chevalier in modern day Syria was the most famous castle monastery of which order |
Hospitaller |
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In what family was the Duggar family based |
Augsburg |
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At what double monastery founded by Benedict Biscop did the venerable Belle reside |
Monk wearmouth jarrow |
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Friar missionary’s we’re operating in China in the 13th and 14th century |
True |
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Who was the first ruler of Jerusalem |
Baldwin I |
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Who was the first ruler of Jerusalem |
Baldwin I |
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The first crusade was announced at the council of… |
Clermont |
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What was the seat of the papacy from 1309-1577, a period referred to by some as the Babylonian captivity |
Avignon |
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Who translated the Latin Quran |
Robert Ketton |
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The regional availability of which metal is thought to have encouraged the eastward Viking expansion |
Silver |
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Which pope launched the first crusade |
Urban II |
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Who translated the Latin Quran |
Robert Ketton |
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The regional availability of which metal is thought to have encouraged the eastward Viking expansion |
Silver |
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Which pope launched the first crusade |
Urban II |
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Emperor Henry IV performed penance in the snow in the city of Canoas’s in 1077 to end his excommunication with which pope |
Gregory VII |
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Who translated the Latin Quran |
Robert Ketton |
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The regional availability of which metal is thought to have encouraged the eastward Viking expansion |
Silver |
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Which pope launched the first crusade |
Urban II |
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Emperor Henry IV performed penance in the snow in the city of Canoas’s in 1077 to end his excommunication with which pope |
Gregory VII |
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Citeaux is the location of the mother house of which order |
Cistercian |
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Which settlement is not ruled by Scandinavian |
Paris |
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Which settlement is not ruled by Scandinavian |
Paris |
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The Waldensian believed in two gods one good and one evil one |
False |
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Who was famously excused in Roven |
Joan of Arc |
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Blood libel is the accusation that Jews were murdering children |
True |
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Who was famously excused in Roven |
Joan of Arc |
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Blood libel is the accusation that Jews were murdering children |
True |
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When was the first crusade announced |
1095 |
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Who commissioned the first Latin translation of the Quran |
Peter Venerable |
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Which people would have commonly encountered ___ by the Rus along the river Volga |
Bulghars |
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The territories that were controlled by Viking in eastern England are collectively known as |
Danelaw |
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What training post of the eighth and ninth century is considered by some to have been the first capital of Russia |
Staraya Ladoga |
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What cathedral is located on Orkney in northern Scotland |
St Magnus |
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What city became the destination of the fourth crusade |
Constantinople |
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When was Jerusalem conquered in the first crusade |
15th July 1099 |
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Whose famed relic were stored in canterbury |
Thomas Beckett |
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What kingdom were Jesuit missionaries in 1587 after it declared that Christianity was a threat to national unity |
Japan |
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In what English town was it alleged that Jews had murdered a young boy named William in 1144 |
Norwich |
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The Flanders’s region in the Middle Ages became very wealthy on the basis of what industries |
Weaving and cloth making |
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What cathedral did Martin Luther pin his 95 thesis |
Wittenberg |
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What was the capital of the medieval caliphate in Spain |
Cordova |
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During the late 9th century Frankish ruler organised a wide variety of counter measures against incoming Viking attacks |
False |
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Academics agree that Cathar Hersey is a myth |
False |
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The following towns had important Jewish communities in medieval England: Norwich, Oxford, Hull and York |
False |
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The Cathar priest were known as the |
Perfect |
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What document did king John sign in Runnymede in 1215 |
The Magna Carta |
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The following towns had important Jewish communities in medieval England: Norwich, Oxford, Hull and York |
False |
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The Cathar priest were known as the |
Perfect |
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What document did king John sign in Runnymede in 1215 |
The Magna Carta |
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_____ is the study of saints lives |
Hagiography |
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The crusade launched against Cathars in the early 13th century is known as the _____ crusade |
Albigensian |
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Cistercian monks lived like Hermits |
False |
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Which religious order was most prominent in starting the papal inquisition |
Dominicas |
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Aquitaine remained in the hands of what nation until 1453 |
English |
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The Templar rule forbade knights to leave the battle field during combat |
True |
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The following towns had important Jewish communities in medieval England: Norwich, Oxford, Hull and York |
False |
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Which city was the centre of the medieval map |
Jerusalem |
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From what region of France did William travel to England in 1066 |
Normandy |
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The Cathar priest were known as the |
Perfect |
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What document did king John sign in Runnymede in 1215 |
The Magna Carta |
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_____ is the study of saints lives |
Hagiography |
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The crusade launched against Cathars in the early 13th century is known as the _____ crusade |
Albigensian |
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Cistercian monks lived like Hermits |
False |
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Which religious order was most prominent in starting the papal inquisition |
Dominicas |
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Aquitaine remained in the hands of what nation until 1453 |
English |
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The Templar rule forbade knights to leave the battle field during combat |
True |
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What was the most important Christian church in Jerusalem of the time of the first crusade |
Holy Sepulchre |
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The following towns had important Jewish communities in medieval England: Norwich, Oxford, Hull and York |
False |
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Which city was the centre of the medieval map |
Jerusalem |
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From what region of France did William travel to England in 1066 |
Normandy |
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The rule of saint bennict insists that monks demonstrate the following behaviour |
Fidelity to the monastic way of life |
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The Cathar priest were known as the |
Perfect |
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What document did king John sign in Runnymede in 1215 |
The Magna Carta |
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_____ is the study of saints lives |
Hagiography |
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The crusade launched against Cathars in the early 13th century is known as the _____ crusade |
Albigensian |
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Cistercian monks lived like Hermits |
False |
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Which religious order was most prominent in starting the papal inquisition |
Dominicas |
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Aquitaine remained in the hands of what nation until 1453 |
English |
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The Templar rule forbade knights to leave the battle field during combat |
True |
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What was the most important Christian church in Jerusalem of the time of the first crusade |
Holy Sepulchre |
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What monastic order originated from Assisi |
The Franciscans |
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Peter Waldo operated in the French city of Grenoble |
False |
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Some cities in high medieval Germany and the Low Countries had more than 100 beguinages |
True |
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Which city experienced the longest siege during the first crusade |
Antioch |
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During the Viking age sword have been found as far east as the Volga |
True |
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Peter Abelard met his student and future lover in Paris, whoWhat is her name? |
Heloise |
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Who is the patron saint of spain |
James |
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The Balkan religious sect who may have influenced the Cathars were know as |
The bogmils |
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What is the name of the mine start established on holy isle |
Lindisfarne |
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Which city had the oldest university is Europe |
Bologna |
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What is the name of a surging bodily part of a saint |
Relic |
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Friars sought to embrace the _____ life |
Apostolic |
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On which island in Sweden was one of the most famous Viking trading centres |
Birka |
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Of pilgrims wanted to travel to visit saint James what city would they have to go to |
Santiago de Compostella |
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What region of Germany did Martin Luther remain to escape a trial |
Saxony |
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Which Spanish city was the economic capital of the Spanish empire |
Sevilla |
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Which Spanish city was the economic capital of the Spanish empire |
Sevilla |
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Which city state became a major power in the Mediterranean in the north century and would play a role in the fourth crusade |
Venice |
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Which Spanish city was the economic capital of the Spanish empire |
Sevilla |
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Which city state became a major power in the Mediterranean in the north century and would play a role in the fourth crusade |
Venice |
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Bernard of Clairvaux was a leading figure in what monk order |
Cistercian |
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Who was William the conqueror opponent |
Harold Godwinson |
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From which town in crimea on the Black Sea is the Black Death though to have come from |
Caffe |
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In what modern country is the diamond sutra |
China |
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The following towns had important Jewish communities: london, Liverpool, Manchester what |
False |
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What is the ancient name of mexico |
Tenochtitlan |
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What date did the English celebrate victory in Agincourt in northern France during the 100 year war |
25th October 1415 |
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Tanchelm of ______ was an influential preacher accused of heresy |
Antwerp |