Harrying of the North Flashcards
after the northern rebellions of Edwin and morcar and Edgar the atheling, what is the name of what william did as revenge
the harrying of the north
what was the harrying of the north
william sent his troops north and devestated the land. they laid waste into the area between the river humber and the river tees
how many people were killed
100,000
what happened to the crops in the north
they were confiscated
what did williams soilders then pour into the crops
salt
what did both these things result in
mass starvation
what happened to peoples homes
they were burned down
what did this result in in winter
people froze to death
what % of yorkshire could be described as wasteland as a long term concequence of harrying of the north
60%
why would have this affected william in a negative way aswell
there is less money to take as taxes
how long did it take for the north to recover from this
20 years
did harrying of the north work as a method of stopping rebellions
yes
how did harrying of the north help prevent another danish attack in the North
there was hardly anyone there for the danish to ally with
how do we know that this worked
In the hereward the wake rebellion a few years later, king sweyn had to invade the south as there was no one in the north
