Recent questions tagged medieval-europe

Description : Which part of the body did armor called “greaves” protect?

Last Answer : The legs

Description : Which fish was sometimes used as currency: eels, sturgeon, or carp?

Last Answer : Eels were used

Description : King Edward III required which skill to be practiced every Sunday?

Last Answer : Archery

Description : Animals were put on trial in medieval times. True or False?

Last Answer : True

Description : Medieval peasants would consume up to how many calories per day?

Last Answer : 4,500

Description : A trebuchet was a type of what?

Last Answer : Weapon

Description : Which German metalworker pioneered printing?

Last Answer : Johannes Gutenberg

Description : Which traveler said, “I have not told half of what I saw”?

Last Answer : Marco Polo

Description : In medieval England, children drank beer because it was safer than water. True or False?

Last Answer : True

Description : What style of architecture describes Chartres Cathedral?

Last Answer : Gothic

Description : What caused the greatest loss of life for English forces in the Agincourt campaign?

Last Answer : Dysentery

Description : Who was the first monarch of the Plantagenet dynasty?

Last Answer : King Henry II

Description : What did Wat Tyler lead in England in 1381?

Last Answer : The Peasants’ Revolt

Description : The Medici family dominated life in which Italian city?

Last Answer : Florence

Description : Which English king started the Hundred Years’ War with France?

Last Answer : King Edward III

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