Figures of the Middle Ages

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Hint			Answer
King who expanded literacy among his people (849–899)	879-899	England	Alfred the Great
Heroine who was burned at the stake (1412-1431)	1412-1431	France	Joan of Arc
Byzantine emperor who built a small empire and made new laws	482–565	Byzantium	Justinian
Poet who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"	1343-1400	England	Chaucer
Mythical king of Briton, ruled from Camelot	?	England	Arthur
Pope, famous for his chants	540-604	Italy	Gregory the First
Norman King who conquered England	1028-1087	France/ England	William
Theologian, considered the Catholic Church's greatest scholar	1225-1274	Italy	Thomas Aquinas
Nun who wrote liturgy for the church	1098–1179	Germany	Hildegard
Christian King of France who conquered France an invented feudalism	748-814	France	Charlemagne
Merchant who left Europe to "discover" Asia to write about it in a book	1254-1324	Italy	Marco Polo
Ruthless king of nomadic raiders who established history's largest land empire	1162-1227	Mongolia	Genghis Khan
Arab merchant who founded one of the world's great religions	570-632	Arabia	Mohammed
Poet who wrote about the experiences of hell, purgatory and heaven	1265-1321	Italy	Dante
Lion-Hearted king who travelled on the Third Crusade	1157-1199	England	Richard the Lion-Hearted

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Level 48

Oct 13, 2016

Muhammad should be accepted.

Level 87

Aug 5, 2021

I'm afraid this is not very good, as it is... It could be fixed though, and expanded to be less England-centric too ;) (I'm thinking of Otto I, Clovis, Francis of Assisi...).

First, you have to correct the Gregory one... The calendar is due to Gregory XIII, during the 16th century.

The Charlemagne one doesn't seem correct. He conquered much more than France, and I think it's bold to credit him with the invention of feudalism.

Some of the others are inaccurate (like the Justinian one) or a bit cliché. You really should read more about those people to make better clues.

I suggest to show more complete names: Geoffrey Chaucer, Hildegard of Bingen, William the Conqueror ; and to accept more type-ins (especially for Muhammad).

Level 61

Aug 5, 2021

No-one describes or thinks of William the Conqueror as 'Viking' except by a loose ancestry association. He was a Norman. Justinian started his own empire? And Wrong Gregory!

Level 80

Aug 5, 2021

The Viking King (from Denmark) who conquered England was Cnut, some 50 years before William (from Normandy) invaded England in 1066. The Normans and Vikings were not the same.

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