The Anglo-Saxons Trivia
From burning cakes to burying ships at Sutton Hoo, prove you're the true Bretwalda of early medieval England.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Ordered by William the Conqueror, what 11th-century manuscript survey recorded the landholdings and resources across much of England?
Domesday Book
What name is commonly given to the era of history in Britain that spanned from the end of Roman rule until the Norman Conquest in 1066?
Anglo-Saxon England
In the 10th century, the town of Oxford served as a fortified frontier post between Mercia and which other major Anglo-Saxon kingdom?
Wessex
As their realms became more organized, what major civil responsibility did kings like Alfred the Great take on by creating a 'Doom Book'?
Law-making
Which set of three common third-person plural pronouns entered the English language as a result of Old Norse influence during the Viking Age?
They, them, their