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Benjamin Merkle’s White Horse King is a good biography of Alfred the Great.
David Howarth’s 1066 is an engaging narrative of the events surrounding the Norman Conquest.
The New Oxford History of England’s volumes on the Norman and Plantagenet kings are detailed and worthwhile.
George Duby’s France in the Middle Ages argues that the French state’s essential features were in place by the thirteenth century. Duby is one of the most influential historians of medieval France.
John Julius Norwich’s The Emperor and the Saint is an engaging treatment of Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire.
J.R. Maddicott’s The Origins of the English Parliament

Medieval Monarchies – Quiz

A revival of Roman law in western Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was sparked by the study of Justinian’s ________________.
Identify the major Christian kingdoms in Iberia by the twelfth century.
In addition to the English parliament, the Castilian _________ and French __________ were influential representative assemblies in the Middle Ages.
The ____________ dynasty reigned in France from the late tenth century through the early fourteenth century.
The ____________ was a conglomeration of seven kingdoms existing during the Anglo-Saxon period of English history.
To centralize political power in England, William the Conqueror required all English nobles to swear ______________ to him.
True/False: In the second half of the twelfth century, the kings of England controlled more of France than the kings of France did.
___________ is a ninth-century English king frequently compared to Charlemagne for his military successes and cultural initiatives.

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