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A ten-question quiz, a short stepper through the centuries, and a myth-or-fact set. The answers follow the sources used on this site.

Quiz

When, in Britannica, was the Battle of Hastings?

Domesday Book, The National Archives says, is:

Where, according to The National Archives, was Magna Carta sealed on 15 June 1215?

The Black Death reached Melcombe Regis in 1348. Which month do the sources we checked name?

English Heritage says the Black Death killed, in 1348–9:

The Peasants’ Revolt, Britannica says, began in:

In the usual dating used by Britannica and English Heritage, the Wars of the Roses run:

This site ends Medieval Britain in 1509 because:

For more than a century after Hastings, English Heritage says, substantial stone buildings in England were built in:

When Henry VII died, Britannica says:

A short path through the period

1066: Harold is named and crowned in January, wins at Stamford Bridge in September, and is killed at Hastings on 14 October. William is crowned on Christmas Day.

1085–86: Domesday Book is ordered and compiled — a survey of landed property, not a census.

1215: Magna Carta is sealed at Runnymede. John quickly disowns it. Later reissues, especially 1225 and 1297, give it a longer life.

1348–9: The Black Death reaches Melcombe Regis. Labour becomes scarce; survivors push for higher wages.

1381: The Peasants’ Revolt begins in Essex, reaches London, and fails as a social revolution.

1455–85, in the usual dating: the Wars of the Roses. Bosworth, 22 August 1485, brings Henry VII to the throne. He dies in 1509.