Edgar the Atheling rebellion Flashcards
who was Edgar the Atheling
the nephew of Edward the Confessor and a 1066 claimant to the throne
what did Edgar do after William had won at hastings
sworn an oath of loyalty to william of normandy
who was robert cumin
a norman earl
how did robert cumin help cause the Edgar the Atheling rebellion
cumin attacked saxon towns and villages on his way to take over his earldom which angered the locals
Edgar the Atheling becmae the figurehead of the rebellion, who else joined the rebellion
King Sweyn of Denmark sent an army led by his brother
why did Sweyn send an army
to get rich from raiding and perhaps take some land
why was it particularly dangerous to william that a Danish army was in the north of England
the north was danelaw and would have welcomed the danes
who else backed edgar from a foreign country
King malcom of scotland
what other causes were there to the edgar the atheling rebellion
heavy taxes, castles and norman cruelty
how did william deal with the danish threat in the edgar the atheling rebellion
he paid them alot of money to leave england, they accepted but it was very expensive
how did william deal with the Anglo-Saxon English rebels
he laid waste to york and built castles
how many soilders did william lose in the Edgar the Atheling rebellion
3000
was the edgar the atheling rebellion a major threat to william, if so why
yes. the invasions of the danes was a huge threat and the cost of removing them was very high. Also it showed that the Anglo-Saxon earls were very difficult to control
