NORMANS

Question 1

what did William the Conqueror introduce?

Answer 1

• castles
• feudal system
• new laws

Question 2

what did centralising law making do?

Answer 2

gave the king more authority.

Question 3

what was the purpose of increasing harsh punishments?

Answer 3

to show the power of the king.

Question 4

what was the feudal system?

Answer 4

a hierarchy of king, nobles, knights and peasants

Question 5

what was the murdrum fine?

Answer 5

a fine paid to the king is an Anglo-Saxon killed a Norman.

Question 6

what were the forest laws?

Answer 6

illegal to poach on the king’s royal forests.what

Question 7

what stayed the same from Anglo-Saxons?

Answer 7

• physical punishments
• wergild/murdrum fine (paid to the king instead)
• King’s Peace/King’s Mund
• collective responsibility
• trial by ordealwh

Question 8

what term means hunting illegally?

Answer 8

poaching

Question 9

what fine id given to the king for murder?

Answer 9

murdrum fine

Question 10

what is the hierarchy created by william?

Answer 10

feudal system

Question 11

what did William first build in England?

Answer 11

castles

Question 12

how many shillings were compensated for killing a serf?

Answer 12

40 shillings

Question 13

how many shillings were compensated for killing a prince?

Answer 13

1500 shillings