Enjoy this fun quiz on battles and rebellions in the Tudor era.
Tudor Battles and rebellions
Correct! It was on 22nd August 1485.
Wrong! It was on 22nd August 1485.
Correct!
Wrong! The English force was defeated by the Scots.
Correct! The Earl of Warwick's forces defeated the rebels on 27th August 1549.
Wrong! It was the Battle of Dussindale. The Earl of Warwick's forces defeated the rebels on 27th August 1549.
Correct!
Wrong! It was Catherine of Aragon.
Correct! It took place on 9th September 1513.
Wrong! It was James IV of Scotland
Correct! English forces were defeated by Irish forces in Ulster at the battle on 14th August 1598.
Wrong! It was the reign of Elizabeth I. English forces were defeated by Irish forces in Ulster at the battle on 14th August 1598.
Correct! Lincoln had risen in support of pretender Lambert Simnel.
Wrong! It was the Battle of Stoke Field. Lincoln had risen in support of pretender Lambert Simnel.
Correct! It broke out in Louth, Lincolnshire.
Wrong! It broke out in Louth, Lincolnshire.
Correct! He was hanged in chains at York in July 1537.
Wrong! He was hanged in chains at York.
Correct!
Wrong! It's the Battle of Blackheath.
Correct!
Wrong! It was 1569.
Correct!
Wrong! It was all of them.
Correct! It was called "the Battle of the Spurs" because the French knights, taken by surprise and realising that they were outnumbered and outmanoeuvred, fled on horseback, their spurs glinting in the sunlight.
Wrong! It was the English forces who were victorious. It was called "the Battle of the Spurs" because the French knights, taken by surprise and realising that they were outnumbered and outmanoeuvred, fled on horseback, their spurs glinting in the sunlight.
A good quiz, Claire. Thank you.
The only thing I would say, is that the “Battle of the Spurs” was hardly a battle it was more of a temper tantrum. There may have been a few cuts and bruises for Dr Wendy and his men to have dealt with, but that was it.
The only casualties were the French, but considering that Agincourt, and Bosworth especially Bosworth wiped out almost 3 generations of families in one foul swoop. Henry’s little spat at Guinegate was nothing more than a military exercise, on how to laugh your socks off at the Golden Git from across the water. The Spurs battle in my opinion, was a ruse set up by Louis to distract Henry away from the peace treaty he was making with Ferdinand and the Emperor behind his back.
Yes, it’s known as “the battle that never was”.
All of Henry’s battles really were a joke. The only one that could really be called a battle, and I mean the get stuck in and kill anything that moves sort of Battle was Flodden. And he wasn’t anywhere near it, which probably why it was such a success.
Seriously Henry was all bluster and ballast, he had big dreams but only a small brain to plan what it actually took get the job done. I don’t know why but I kind of get the impression, that all he needed to do to win any battle was to show up, and his enemy, would fall dead at his feet, run away, or beg for mercy blah blah, and the crown of France and the Keys of the French Cities, would be given to him on a Golden Plate. He was such a b***** disease, that even Louis Paster would have a hard job finding a cure for him… LOL
Oh my goodness, I did poorly on this one! Good Quiz! The only battle I knew anything about was Flodden and Pinkie Cleugh and I only knew Pinkie because Francis Knollys was in it!