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Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire, 9 January 2005

Time Trial

Test your knowledge with our quick quiz. You'll find all the answers by digging around in this week's pages and following our Time Trail for the Nether Poppleton programme.

(The quiz uses JavaScript so you need to be using Netscape 3, Internet Explorer 3.01 or above, and have JavaScript enabled)

Where are the earliest known monasteries?

 

Who founded the first Anglo-Saxon monasteries?

 

In 529 AD, St Benedict founded what became the first monastery in the Benedictine Order. Where was it?

 

When did monasteries reach their peak of importance in Britain?

 

Which of the following was NOT true of Gilbertine monasteries?

 

In which decade did the 'dissolution of the monasteries' take place?

 

out of 6 correct on first try

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