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Ten questions covering ten centuries of European History.

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  • Question of

    The arbitrary date of 476 is considered the end of the Western Roman Empire and the beginning of the Medieval era. Who was the last Emperor?

    • Julius Nepos
    • Romulus Augustus
    • Olybrius
  • Question of

    What was the de facto capital of Charlemagne’s Holy Roman Empire?

    • Aachen
    • Maastricht
    • Cologne
  • Question of

    In which century did the Crusades in the Holy Lands begin?

    • 11th
    • 12th
    • 13th
  • Question of

    Instead of fighting the Saracens, what Christian city did Crusaders shamefully sack in 1204?

    • Rome
    • Constantinople
    • Vienna
  • Question of

    The battle of Evesham was fought between Simon de Montford and the future King Edward I. Who was Edward’s father, at the time a prisoner of the Rebel Barons?

    • Henry I
    • Henry II
    • Henry III
  • Question of

    What name is shared by the Scottish kings dubbed the Fierce, the Peaceful, and the Glorious?

    • Alexander
    • Malcolm
    • James
  • Question of

    During the Papal, or Western, Schism which city was an alternative papal residence to Rome?

    • Avignon
    • Paris
    • Ravenna
  • Question of

    Cathars, Lollards and Hussites were all examples of what?

    • Orders of Knights
    • Orders of Monks
    • Religious Heretics
  • Question of

    By what name is the battle of Kosovo, 1388, where Serbs were ‘gloriously’ defeated by the Ottoman Turks, popularly known?

    • The Eagle’s Nest
    • Raven’s Slaughter
    • The Field of the Blackbirds
  • Question of

    In the 15th century, which country began the process of European expansion?

    • Portugal
    • France
    • Venice

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