Statistics for The History of Medieval Europe - 11th century

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
1066 - This Norman "bastard" defeats Harold II and establishes his rule over England	William	89%
1078 - This city is taken by the Seljuq Turks, who refuse to let Christian pilgrims in	Jerusalem	72%
1054 - Break of communion between the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches	Great Schism	52%
1013 - The short-lived Danish House is named after this Danish king called "the great"	Cnut	39%
1071 - This important battle is lost by the Byzantine Empire against the Seljuk Empire	Manzikert	35%
ca. 1000 - This Viking explorer discovers Vinland	Leif Eriksson	32%
1036 - This Caliphate is desintegrated in 23 taifa kingdoms	Cordoba	29%
1095 - Pope Urban II proclaims the First Crusade at this concile	Clermont	22%
1085 - King Alfonso VI of Castile and León conquers this taifa kingdom	Toledo	20%
1077 - The Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV is forced to seek absolution at this Italian castle	Canossa	18%
1073 - This Pope is elected who will be a great reformer	Gregory VII	18%
1059 - Pope Nicholas II invests this Norman adventurer as duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily	Robert Guiscard	16%
1014 - This battle sees the victory of the Irish forces of Brian Boru over the Vikings	Clontarf	13%
1098 - This abbey is founded which begins a great reform of the Benedictine Order	Citeaux	6%
1087 - This translator of the great masters of Arabic medicine dies at the Abbey of Monte Cassino	Constantinus Africanus	1%