Anglo Saxon/Norman England Definitions + Terms

Question 1

Hides

Answer 1

Land measurement in Anglo Saxon times

Question 2

Earls

Answer 2

Highest Anglo Saxon aristocracy

Question 3

Shire reeve

Answer 3

A kings official, sheriffs managed estates, collected revenue and were in charge of courts

Question 4

The Danelaw

Answer 4

The part of England where Viking power had been strongest and kept some of its danish laws

Question 5

Housecarls

Answer 5

A bodyguard for lords

Question 6

Fyrd

Answer 6

The men of the Anglo Saxon army and fleet

Question 7

Hundreds

Answer 7

A unit of land

Question 8

Tithing

Answer 8

Smaller area of land

Question 9

Geld tax

Answer 9

Tax that went to the king

Question 10

Blood feuds

Answer 10

If someone was killed, their family had the right to do the same to the murderers family

Question 11

Tenant in chief

Answer 11

The landholders in Norman England who held land directly from the king

Question 12

Excommunication

Answer 12

Cutting off someone from the church so they couldn’t confess their sins before they die

Question 13

Demesne

Answer 13

The land that someone kept for their own use rather than granting it to someone under them