Medieval History Trivia

61. What part of the body did a bevor protect?

From Quiz Knightly Wear

Answer: the chin

The bevor was a plate that was added with the sallet to protect the lower half of the face. It jutted out from the chin and when the sallet was worn with the visor down the head would be completely covered.

From Quiz The Investiture Controversy

Answer: Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII

Henry IV labelled Gregory a false monk, and Gregory excommunicated him, starting a vicious battle of wits. Saint Peter and Emperor Nero are not at all of this era. Pope John XXII is the one who declared the Spirituals of the Franciscans to be heretics. John of England and Innocent III battled over Stephen Langton's appointment to the Archbishopric of Canterbury, an extension of the Investiture Controversy, but not the center.

From Quiz Iron Rings

Answer: a specific pattern the rings or links are fitted together in

Every civilisation that used maille developed its own unique weaves. From the tic-tac-toe like Japanese weaves to the scale-like European weaves, maille patterns are beautiful and practical in their own ways. I could spend an entire lifetime just studying them, but then I'm an admitted fanatic.

From Quiz Hanseatic Cities 2

Answer: Breckerfeld

It is situated in an area called northern Sauerland.

From Quiz The Code of Chivalry

Answer: French

'Chivalry' comes from the French word 'chevalier' which means 'knight'. However, 'chevalier' came from 'cheval', translated as 'horse'. 'Cheval' was derived from the Latin word 'caballus'. The horse was the most important (and not to mention expensive) part of knighthood. Purebred warhorses were very much like expensive sports cars today: flashy, expensive, and only somewhat practical. The horse also had armor, which had to be custom fit. Thank goodness the feudal lord paid for all that!

From Quiz In the Feudal Court of Sir Hugo

Answer: Rabbits

Hunting rights had to be bought by paying a fee to the lord. Many poorer people poached but if they were caught the penalties were very severe.

From Quiz Days of Chivalry

Answer: Scotland

This, the highest, Scottish Order is open to only 16 people and the Royal family. Their motto is "Nemo me impune lacessit" which means "Nobody annoys me with impunity".

From Quiz Middle Ages - Other Missing Links

Answer: Kashgar

Developing as the main 'highway' between the East and the West already in Antiquity, the Silk Route (from the Levant to China, which a "turn-off" for India) reached its greatest significance in the Early Middle Ages, when the greatest volume of goods was traded. Trading on the Silk Route also brought the countless and invaluable Chinese inventions to the western world, as in turn, China benefited by the introduction of Buddhism from India.

From Quiz The Middle Ages

Answer: Leo I

Leo I, aka 'the Great', reigned from 440 to 461. His negotiations with both Attila the Hun and Genseric the Vandal helped spare Rome in the post imperial era. Leo was instrumental in establishing the authority of the Roman bishopric over the entire Catholic community by promoting the Petrine Doctrine.

From Quiz Life in Medieval London

Answer: take it out to the street and pour it in the gutter

It was illegal to throw anything out the window. Most Londoners agreed that it was a disgusting habit, and people who violated the ordinances were often presented to civic authorities by their neighbours. However, penalties were not enforced with a great deal of enthusiasm. Violators were supposed to be fined, but, even when an official caught someone in the act, they were usually let off with a warning - unless they hit someone! Even more serious consequences were possible. Periodically someone - usually drunk and invariably male - would bypass the chamber pot entirely and go directly out the window or off an outside staircase. When these people came to the attention of an official it was usually the Coroner. Intoxication tends to have a negative effect on one's sense of balance.

From Quiz Key Terms of Medieval Times

Answer: Fief

The lord of the estate lived high, and the peasants lived pretty low.

From Quiz What If ...

Answer: In the master bedroom

A truckle / trundle was actually a small bed on wheels which was rolled out from the side of the master bed for a child or servant.

From Quiz Hanseatic Cities

Answer: Lübeck

Lübeck was a transit port for the east-west trade and also the port of embarkation for emigrants to Livonia and Prussia.

From Quiz Middle Ages - Missing Links

Answer: Cordoba

Each of these cities have been, at some point durring the Middle Ages, important Muslim centers. Samarkand - a key point along the Silk Road; Damascus - capital of the Omayyad Caliphate; Cairo - capital of the Fatimid Caliphate; Mecca - the spiritual center of the Muslim World; Cordoba - the most powerful Muslim 'bastion' in Europe.

From Quiz Medieval Words and Terms

Answer: Abbey

They were self contained units, with most basic functions performed by their residents, and most of their needs supplied locally.

From Quiz Historical Miscellany

Answer: James Tyrell, Constable of Guisnes

A re-evaluation of period sources suggest that the Princes were likely murdered on Henry's orders. When Henry entered London he proclaimed (in a decree aimed to legitmise his seizure of the throne) a litany of Richard's supposed crimes and denounced them: surprisngly he omitted the Princes, Richard's supposed most dastardly act. Where they still alive perhaps? Richard had nothing to fear from them because he had ensured they had been declared illegitimate. After his victory Henry needed, for political reasons, to re-instate the legitimacy of the Prince's familial claim to the throne. At this point they became a distinct liability and a possible rallying point for the remaining Yorkists. Exeunt the Princes. For more info on this subject I suggest reading Williamson's book (see Q.1 answer). Clarence was another of his supposed victims, though again Williamson says the blood trail leads to Henry. Stanley was the name of the man who defected on Bosworth Field, bringing his troops over to Henry Tudor. Rumour has it that it was Stanley who plucked the crown from a rose bush and gave it to Henry. Henry would later execute him for high treason (his links to the Yorkists in French exile were too srong).

From Quiz Mighty Monarchs V (Bulgars)

Answer: Boris I, the Saint

Boris I, the Saint (reigned 852-889 AD) soon quarrelled with Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, and expelled all Greek Orthodox missionaries from the kingdom. He received Papal legates from Pope Nicholas I and soon switched to Roman Catholicism. At this time Nicholas and Photius were exchanging excommunications, and the support of the Bulgars was a great asset to the Pope. Nicholas eventually failed to keep his promise to Boris (the establishment of a Bulgarian Partiarch) and Boris returned to the Greek Orthodox Church (870 AD).

From Quiz Medieval Castle Life

Answer: Mound a castle was built on

The motte, in a motte-and-bailey type of castle construction, was the earthen mound upon which the Keep (the central citadel of the castle) was built. The motte was surrounded by a ditch, and a strong palisade of logs encircled the Keep. The motte was built up with earth so that it had steep sides, and was between 100 to 300 feet in diameter at the base. Since the Keep was usually only big enough to house the Lord's family, another motte and palisade was built below it to the lower bailey (courtyard), where the kitchen, barracks, servant quarters, smithy, barns, etc. were housed. When danger threatened, everyone would crowd up into the palisade on the steep-sided motte. The motte-and bailey was the quickest, cheapest, and simplest type of castle construction, needing no skilled labor to build. Berhamsted Castle, about 25 miles NW of London is one of William the Conqueror's earliest castles. It has both ruins of a motte-and-bailey and of a later added shell keep.

From Quiz Who Art Thou? Medieval Personalities

Answer: Henry II & King Henry II & Henry the second & Curtmantle & Henry of Anjou & Henry Fitzempress & Henry Plantagenet

He was also known as Henry of Anjou, Henry Fitzempress,Henry Curtmantle (Shortmantle) and Henry Plantagenet. His marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine increased his holdings and would produce eight children, two of whom (Richard and John) would become kings of England. His chancellor and friend, Becket, was persuaded to become archbishop of Canterbury in 1162, in the hope that he would help the king curb the power of the ecclesiastical courts. However,once consecrated, Becket felt bound to defend church privileges, and he was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 by four knights of the king's household.

From Quiz Europe: Middle Ages to Modern Times

Answer: Venice

The Fourth Crusade, sponsored by Venetian bankers, ended in the sack of the city of Constantinople.

From Quiz Medieval Europe

Answer: William the Conqueror

From Quiz Getting Medieval

Answer: feudalism

Feudalism consisted of two men, a lord and a vassal swearing reciprocal obligations. The Lord owned the land which he gave to the vassal for his use in return for the vassal's performance of services, usually military and/or agricultral. At the same time, feudalism was a vast social and economic system, in which the lord-vassal relationship extended right the way from the king (or emperor) to serfs.

From Quiz General European Medieval History

Answer: Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor of Aquitaine was queen of England and France, and was also the mother of two of England's kings: Richard I Lionheart and King John.

From Quiz Know Your Frankish History!

Answer: Clovis I

The Salian Frankish king Clovis I, overthrew the last Roman Governor of Gaul, Syagrius, in 486 A.D.

From Quiz The Days of Knights

Answer: Knights Templar

Hughes de Payens was the first Grand Master of the Knights Templar. When Christians began flocking to Jerusalem, attacks were frequent, and they needed protection. Pope Innocent II blessed the formation of the Knights Templar around 1118, but eventually the group became too big and powerful. It was dissolved by Pope Clement V in 1312.

From Quiz Disasters That Shook The World

Answer: Novgorod

Located in northern Russia, Novgorod in the thirteenth century had a limited growing season because of generally cool weather and was periodically affected by famine. A contemporary account describes "..some of the common people killed the living and ate them, others cut up dead flesh and corpses and ate them, others ate dogs and cats...Some fed on moss, snails, pine bark, lime bark, lime and elm leaves and whatever each could think of..." While I was not able to find an indication of the casualties of this famine, I was able to find that in the 13th century, the approximate population of Novgorod was 30,000.

From Quiz Medieval Europe Assortment

Answer: Heraclius

Heraclius was the governor of Egypt and with a small force managed to defeat and execute Phocas whose main forces were engaged against the Persians. Heraclius reigned until 641 and he made Greek as the official language of the Empire. Maurice was overthrown by Phocas in 602 AD. Augustus and Tiberius were the first two emperors of the Roman Empire.

From Quiz Medieval History Innovations

Answer: Spherical astrolabe

Various forms of this most amazing invention had been around since the 8th century BC, and were improved upon and developed further as the centuries passed. It enabled users to accurately predict the positions of all the heavenly bodies at any given point, proving an invaluable tool for seamen and astronomers in particular. Seamen though had to use a different form of this device, because the standard astrolabe was not really suitable in stormy weather. During western Europe's high middle ages, the spherical astrolabe came into being. Also known as the armillary sphere, this consisted of a round metal structure, with earth located at its centre, surrounded by various metal rings which represented longitude, latitude, different positions of the sun, planets and the months and days of the year and so on. By adjusting the axis of the astrolabe at any point, one was able to tell at a glance, from the earth's perspective, the positions of the sun, the stars and all the then known planets. At a later date, which made it even more accurate, the sun was placed at its centre instead of the earth.

From Quiz Memorable Medieval Moments

Answer: Justinian II, Byzantine Empire

Not to fret, Justinian was fitted with a gold replica nose to replace what he'd lost, and he even returned to the throne in 705, ruling until 711. He is known in history as "the Slit-Nosed." A second military revolt resulted in his death in 711. Romulus Augustulus was the last Roman emperor in the West, being overthrown in 476 by Germanic tribes led by Odoacer. Bayezid was also known as "The Lightning" (or "The Thunderbolt"), as well as "Sultan of Rome." He ruled from 1389 until overthrown in 1402. Yazdegerd III was the last ruler of the Sasanian, or Sassanid Empire in Persia, ruling from 632 (at age 8) to 651, when he was deposed after the fall of his empire to Arab forces.

From Quiz The Nasty 14th Century

Answer: reduce the size of the loaf when grain was expensive

A stable bread price helped England avoid the food riots that caused misery in many other European countries in this century.

This is category 7372
Last Updated Dec 21 2024 5:47 AM

= Top 5% Rated Quiz, Top 10% Rated Quiz, Top 20% Rated Quiz, A Well Rated Quiz
= added recently, = Editor's Pick = FunTrivia Editor = Gold Member
Teachers / educators: FunTrivia welcomes the use of our website and quizzes in the classroom as a teaching aid or for preparing and testing students. See our education section. Our quizzes are printable and may be used as question sheets by k-12 teachers, parents, and home schoolers.

 ·  All questions, answers, and quiz content on this website is copyright FunTrivia, Inc and may not be reproduced without permission. Any images from TV shows and movies are copyright their studios, and are being used under "fair use" for commentary and education.