Starter quiz

  • Match the word to its correct definition.
    • overlord
      a person of great power or authority ✓
    • burh
      an Anglo-Saxon fortification or fortified settlement ✓
    • saint
      a holy person who has died and been officially honoured by the Church ✓
  • Who created the Danelaw?
    • Guthrum
    • King Alfred  ✓
    • King Aethelred
    • Aethelflaed
  • What was the name of King Alfred's daughter?
    • Aethelflaed  ✓
    • Aethelred
    • Alfreda
  • Whose remains were taken from his resting place in Bardney Abbey in Lincolnshire to Gloucester to protect them by the Anglo-Saxons?
    • Saint Patrick
    • Saint Oswald  ✓
    • Saint George
    • Saint David
  • What did the Anglo-Saxons build to fortify the Mercian borders whenever they had driven the Vikings further back?
    • 'burhs' ✓
  • Put the events in order, starting with the earliest.
    • 1
      agreement reached between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings to divide Britain
    • 2
      marriage between Aethelred and Aethelflaed
    • 3
      Aethelflaed ruled Mercia alone when Aethelred became ill
    • 4
      Aethelred died and Aethelflaed continued to rule Mercia alone
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