Normans - revolts, resistance, control

Question 1

how did william assert authority with mercia and northumbria

Answer 1

let edwin and morcar keep land IF they accepted williams authority as king

Question 2

how will william assert authority with barons

Answer 2

transferre land ownership from nobles who hadnt supported him to norman barons

Question 3

how did william change the feudal system

Answer 3

william owned all the land and could decide who to lease to

Question 4

how did the feudal system work under normans

Answer 4

king owned all the land, gave some to barons
barons had to fight for king and train knights for him
knights recieved land from barons
villeins worked on knights and barons land

Question 5

who was odo

Answer 5

williams half brother
bishop of bayeux

Question 6

what was odos status after the conquest

Answer 6

earl of kent
very rich by siezing land
rules south of england as regent

Question 7

who was william fitzosbern

Answer 7

related to william
close friends
brains behind invasion

Question 8

what was william fitzosberns status after the conquest

Answer 8

reliable miliatry commander, helped consolidate williams power in central-western england
earl of hereford, worcester, gloucester, oxfordshire
acted as regent

Question 9

how did william solve the issue of families wanting land back 1066-1067

Answer 9

disinherited families
seized lands

Question 10

how did william deal with the issue of kent people being unhappy and trying to take dover castle 1067

Answer 10

dealt with swiftly
kent didnt have enough men to sort it
had to retreat

Question 11

how did william deal with the issue off exter not swearing loyalty 1068

Answer 11

lowered taxes
made castle to avoid uprisings
sent brother to keep away uprisings

Question 12

who was eadric the wild

Answer 12

saxon thegn who held land in shropshire and hereforshire
1067 allied with bleddyn and rhiwallon, ransacked hereford, disappeared to wales

Question 13

what was the 1068 rebellion in the north

Answer 13

led by edwin, morcar, edgar aethling
massacre of norman robert de commines and 900 men in durham

Question 14

what was the 1070-71 resistance in the east

Answer 14

danish king sweiyn sent an army to conquer england. army he sent wasnt enough to restart northern rebellion but enough for william to pay danes to leave
hereward the wake led a guerrilla war against normans

Question 15

what is ‘scorched earth policy’

Answer 15

the burning of crops, herds, tools, and foods

Question 16

why did william become so cruel (harrying of north)

Answer 16

north kept reblleing from raised taxation+taken land
scots + danes supported northern rebels
tried to be peaceful, didnt work

Question 17

what were the long term consequences of the harrying of the north

Answer 17

refugees - many people fled from william to settle in other parts of country, like scotland
ruin - 1086 domesday book recorded large areas of yorkshire were ‘wasted’

Question 18

what was the short term consequence of the harrying of the north

Answer 18

resistance - some refugees joined with resistance struggles in welsh marches

Question 19

why did roger de brueteil lead a rebellion

Answer 19

unhappy with amount of power he had, felt his father had more power when he was the lord

Question 20

why did the revolt of anglo-norman earls fail

Answer 20

didnt have support from anglo saxon people not willing to risk their lives for abitious young normans
betrayed by coconspirator waltheof
norman barons loyal to the king defeated ralph in east anglia

Question 21

why was odo tried in court in 1076

Answer 21

accused of stealing from the church

Question 22

why was odo thrown in prison in 1082

Answer 22

attempted a norman military expedition to italy
possibly because he wanted to install himself as pope

Question 23

why was robert curthose disliked by many nobles

Answer 23

arrogance and laziness

Question 24

why did robert get exiled by william

Answer 24

his two brother tipped a pot full of excrement over his head
william refused to punish them
robert raised an army against his father and was defeated

Question 25

what land did robert curthose recieve in williams death

Answer 25

control of normandy

Question 26

why was william rufus given the throne of england instead of robert

Answer 26

more able diplomat
greater soldier

Question 27

what problem arose from robert getting normandy and william getting england

Answer 27

lands were now divided
william had to secure england against the supporters of his brother

Question 28

who did william II give the position of archbishop of canterbiry to in 1093

Answer 28

anselm

Question 29

why was anselm famous

Answer 29

his honesty and religious devotion

Question 30

why did william II agree to pay for his brothers crusade

Answer 30

he was promised normandy in repayment for the large loan

Question 31

what was henry beauclerc given in his fathers death

Answer 31

no land
£5,000

Question 32

why did 6 earls rebel against william II in 1088

Answer 32

wanted robert curthose to be king as they owned land in normandy and england