Study Questions from Chapter four of “Empress Matilda of England: Student-Teacher edition.”

Empress Matilda of England is arguably my favorite biography subject. Born 7 February 1102, her grandparents included William I the Conqueror on her father’s side and Saint Margaret of Wessex on her mother’s side. Saxon, Pict, and Norman blood all made her one of the most royal of medieval nobles. Marriage to the final Salian dynasty Kaiser made her not only a German “empress” (Kaiserin), but a competent ruler.”

In this textbook edition, you are challenged to look at the wider aspects of Ma...