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What armor did Norman knights wear at Hastings in 1066?

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  1. 1 Easy

    What was land granted to a vassal for service called?

    Answer: Fief

    Why: The word feudalism itself grew out of feudum, the medieval Latin word for a fief.

  2. 2 Medium

    To whom did King John hand England as a fief in 1213?

    Answer: The pope

    Why: As the pope's vassal, John promised 1,000 marks a year: 700 for England and 300 for Ireland.

  3. 3 Hard

    Which Channel Island was long called Europe's last feudal state?

    Answer: Sark

    Why: Sark's Seigneur long held the island's sole right to keep pigeons or an unspayed dog.

  4. 4 Easy

    Which knightly ideal is named after the word for a horseman?

    Answer: Chivalry

    Why: The word first meant a host of mounted knights, or cavalry, before it came to mean a code of knightly honor.

  5. 5 Medium

    Who led the 1381 English revolt that demanded an end to serfdom?

    Answer: Wat Tyler

    Why: Jack Cade led a different rising out of Kent in 1450, almost 70 years after Tyler's.

  6. 6 Hard

    What was money paid instead of knight service called?

    Answer: Scutage

    Why: Scutage comes from the Latin scutum, 'shield', so it was literally shield money.

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