Starter quiz
- Soon after his coronation, Philip VI threatened the English ______ trade.
- 'wool' ✓
- In 1337, Philip VI confiscated the English duchy of...
- Gascony ✓
- Normandy
- Brittany
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- The closest England came to victory in the Hundred Years’ War was following the Battle of...
- 'Agincourt' ✓
- Routiers were...
- organised raids on French territory by English knights
- bands of unemployed soldiers who plagued the French countryside ✓
- bands of French sailors who raided English coastal towns
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- The Hundred Years’ War came to an effective end when ______ was overrun.
- 'Gascony' ✓
- Following the Hundred Years' War, rivalry and conflict with the __________ became a staple part of the English identity up until the 20th century.
- French ✓
- German
- Spanish
- Italian
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Exit quiz
- People from which of these groups migrated to Britain between 409 and 1066?
- Angles, Jutes and Saxons ✓
- Vikings ✓
- Normans ✓
- Romans
- Britons
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- The vast empire ruled by Henry II was called the ______ Empire.
- 'Angevin' ✓
- By the end of the Hundred Years' War, the only continental territory in English hands was...
- Gascony
- Normandy
- Brittany
- Calais ✓
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- As part of their invasion and conquest, the Normans built roughly ______ castles in England.
- '1000' ✓
- Which King of England was the first to speak English as their first language?
- Henry II
- Henry III
- Henry IV ✓
- Henry V
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- Which of these were areas of continuity throughout the medieval period?
- Christianity as the main religion ✓
- Anglo-Saxon language, customs and laws ✓
- The number of cathedrals
- Migration ✓
- The English language
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Key learning points
- The invasion of the Vikings led to the merging of Viking culture and customs with Anglo-Saxon culture and customs.
- The Norman conquest and establishment of the Angevin Empire forged a cultural connection between England and France.
- There were many changes that took place to language, government, land ownership and the Church.
- There were aspects of continuity, including Christianity and parts of the Anglo-Saxon language.
- After the loss of the Hundred Years' War, England began to see itself as having a separate English identity.
Common misconception
England has almost never been conquered.
England was conquered repeatedly before and during the medieval period, and was even arguably conquered as late as 1688.
Keywords
Danelaw - the area of England in the north and east controlled by the Vikings
Viking - a member of the Scandinavian seafaring people who raided Britain from the late 8th century
Norman - a member of the group of people living in Normandy who had settled there in the 10th century; they were of Viking descent
Conquered - took over a territory by force
Angevin empire - territories in England, Wales, Ireland and France held by Henry II and his descendants in the 12th and 13th centuries
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