01·Who was the Norman leader who conquered England at the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
02·What famous document, signed by King John of England in 1215, established the principle that everyone is subject to the law, even the king?
03·The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts fought primarily between which two kingdoms?
04·Which French peasant girl famously led the French army to victory over the English at Orléans during the Hundred Years' War?
05·What was the name of the devastating pandemic that swept through Europe and Asia in the mid-14th century, killing an estimated 75-200 million people?
06·Who was crowned 'Emperor of the Romans' by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day, 800 AD, uniting much of Western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire?
07·What was the primary military and religious objective of the First Crusade, launched in 1096?
08·What was the dominant social system in medieval Europe, where nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service?
09·Which architectural style, popular from the 12th to 16th centuries, is characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses?
10·From which geographical region did the Vikings, who raided and settled large parts of Europe from the late 8th to late 11th centuries, originate?
11·What is the name for the centuries-long period when Christian kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula retook territory from the Muslim Moors?
12·Commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086, what was the 'Great Survey' of much of England and parts of Wales called?
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