norman’s

Question 1

who was edgar atheling

Answer 1

• blood claimant
• too young (teenager)
• could not hold power

Question 2

harold godwinson

Answer 2

• strong leader had a good military and spent years ruling alongside edward

Question 3

william duke of normandy

Answer 3

• claimed edward swore on religious relics
• edward promised throne on death bed

Question 4

hardrada

Answer 4

• had the crown promised to his dad as he never had the chance

Question 5

what did hardrada do in retaliation of godwinson winning the throne

Answer 5

• build large armies to invade england

Question 6

stamford bridge

Answer 6

awaited Godwinson
- battle of fulford happend days before leading harold and his army to march north
- attacked norwegians and hardrada was killed
- huge success for Godwinson

Question 7

battle of hastings

Answer 7

• harold heard william had arrived and marched 300km- normans had -5,000 men on cross back with arrows
• strong tactics
• normans had time to prepare
• william was king of england

Question 8

why william won battle of hastings

Answer 8

• army between 7-8 thousand
• time to prepare
• new tech ( cross bow + arrow )
• invaded pevensy when harold was in the north

Question 9

william securing power

Answer 9

• 8000 men consolidating power
• built castles quick + placed in stragetic places
• base for soliders to terrorise local
• built in towns that submitted to his power

Question 10

who led the harrying of the north

Answer 10

• robert common
• 900 men

Question 11

how did william deal with the rebellion
( harrying of the north )

Answer 11

• marched army north
• paid danish vikings to leave
• set fire and salted lands
• killed animals/crops

Question 12

harrying of the north

Answer 12

• anglo saxon payed william to be an earl but quickly switched sides
• support grew when he tried making a norman an earl
• support of edgar/scottish king

Question 13

impact of the harrying of the north

Answer 13

• england lost half of its wealth/population
• many fled to live in scotland
• domesday book invented

Question 14

how did william deal with the hereward wake rebellion

Answer 14

• payed danish invaders
• established controls ( castles) in troubled areas
• put trusted supporters in certian areas
• payed off danish invaders : saving up money

Question 15

why william have 200 barons
( fuedal system )

Answer 15

• less challenge = lass chance of them rebelling
• king owned all the land
• granted land to barons ( lease )
• in return they promised him military
  ( fight for him )

Question 16

castles
( william )

Answer 16

• built tower of london,warwick/nottigham
• established contrl through castles made of stone to assert dominance over anglo - saxon

Question 17

doomsday book

Answer 17

• first time
• see how much tax was owed
• survey listed everything that belonged to everyone

Question 18

land ownership

Answer 18

• owed by king and land leant - people had to pay taxes = to pay for military
• prilogmenture: oldest son gained all land
• fewer people had acesss to land

Question 19

norman villages

Answer 19

• controlled by lord
• 90% lived in villages
• crops grown/animals kept
• villian - could not afford to eat

Question 20

norman towns

Answer 20

• trading towns
  -houses made of wood

Question 21

problems with the church

Answer 21

• corrupt : reform church ( pope supported )
  -nepotism: kings try make family important jobs - simony
• clericical marriage: no sex allowed

Question 22

la franc

Answer 22

• close friend of william
• archibishop of cantebury
• church courts: bcs people bought roles + positions people were based on who they are

Question 23

romanesque

Answer 23

• large stone churches ( london + york )
• rounded arch
• assert power/dominance
• ribbed vaulting
• cross floors

Question 24

benedictine monks

Answer 24

• vows of poverty
• devote lives to God
• wrote history of country

Question 25

monastries

Answer 25

- where nuns can focus and worship God