🧠 The Middle Ages Quiz

The Black Death is thought to have arrived in Europe via trading ships from the Black Sea region and reshaped medieval society by causing severe labour shortages.

Charlemagne's coronation by the Pope in Rome revived the imperial title in western Europe and laid the groundwork for the later Holy Roman Empire.

Feudalism bound society together through chains of obligation, with land exchanged for loyalty and military service from king down to knight.

Despite its name, the Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts that saw English longbowmen triumph at Crecy and Agincourt.

The revolt saw rebels march on London, where Wat Tyler was killed during a confrontation with the young Richard II's party at Smithfield.

Becket's shrine at Canterbury became one of Europe's great pilgrimage destinations and inspired Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

Henry Tudor's victory at Bosworth Field led to his marriage to Elizabeth of York, uniting the rival houses under the Tudor rose.

Henry IV waited for days outside the castle of Canossa before Pope Gregory VII lifted his excommunication.

Defeat at Manzikert opened Anatolia to Turkish settlement and is often cited as a trigger for the Byzantine appeal that led to the First Crusade.

The battle is also known as Tannenberg in German, and the defeat broke the military power of the Teutonic Knights.