Unit 8: 1066 and all that - Task 2

Library Sleuth Activity

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  1. Why was Henry II’s mother called 'Maud the Empress'?


  2. Make a list of Henry II's and Eleanor’s children, and outline their careers.


  3. Walter Map, Gerald of Wales, and John of Salisbury are three
    representatives of the 12th-century English intellectual elite.
    Find out the main facts about their lives.