The Normans

Question 0

Which candidate was the earl of Wessex

Answer 0

Harold Godwinson

Question 1

Who were the three candidates

Answer 1

Harold Godwinson
William of Normandy
Harald Hardraada

Question 2

Which candidate had Edward promised the crown

Answer 2

William of Normandy

Question 3

What relation was Harold Godwinson to Edward

Answer 3

Brother in law

Question 4

What did William say Harold had sworn on to support his claim to the throne

Answer 4

The bones of a holy saint

Question 5

Who was Harald Hardraada

Answer 5

King cnuts heir to the throne of Norway Denmark and what he thought should be England

Question 6

When was the battle of Stamford bridge

Answer 6

25th September 1066

Question 7

Who was the battle of Stamford bridge between

Answer 7

Harald Hardraada and Harold Godwinson

Question 8

Who was one of Harald Hardraadas commanders

Answer 8

Tostig Harold g’s brother

Question 9

How many miles north did Harold go have to march his army

Answer 9

241

Question 10

Why did William get delayed

Answer 10

Because of strong winds

Question 11

Why did Harald Hardraadas army have a disadvantage

Answer 11

Because they were taken by surprise therefore not ready

Question 12

How many ships did the Norwegians need to sail back to Norway

Answer 12

Only 24

Question 13

When was the battle of hastings

Answer 13

14th October 1066

Question 14

Who were the housecarls

Answer 14

Saxon, full time, well trained, professional soldiers

Question 15

Who were the fyrds

Answer 15

Saxon part time unpaid soldiers , only called upon when the country was in danger

Question 16

What did the Norman army consist of

Answer 16

Spearmen
Horsemen/cavalry
Archers

Question 17

How did William break the Saxons gigantic shield wall

Answer 17

He pretended to retreat and then they came charging after them

Question 18

How was Harold Godwinson killed

Answer 18

An arrow flew straight into his right eye and then a norman chopped off both his leg and his head

Question 19

When was William crowned king

Answer 19

25th December 1066

Question 20

What is the Bayeux tapestry

Answer 20

An embroidery telling the story of Williams invasion and the battle of hastings

Question 21

Who was the Bayeux tapestry made by

Answer 21

Norman women

Question 22

Where is the Bayeux tapestry today

Answer 22

In a cathedral in Bayeux

Question 23

How long did it take to make the Bayeux tapestry

Answer 23

About 10 years

Question 24

How long is the Bayeux tapestry

Answer 24

About 70metres (200 feet)

Question 25

What is the Bayeux tapestry made of

Answer 25

Linen cloth

Question 26

When was the siege of Exeter (year)

Answer 26

1068

Question 27

Why did William March to Exeter

Answer 27

Because people refused to pay taxes

Question 28

Why did people dislike William

Answer 28

He imposed heavy taxes He killed Harold He burnt their houses

Question 29

Who are the lowest in the feudal system

Answer 29

The peasants / villeins

Question 30

What do the knights have to promise in the feudal system in return for land

Answer 30

Promise to serve in the army for forty days a year

Question 31

What do the peasants have to promise in the feudal system in return for land

Answer 31

They promise services and payments to the knights

Question 32

What do the barons have to promise to William in the feudal system

Answer 32

To provide knights for the army for 40 days a year

Question 33

What was the domesday book

Answer 33

A book containing the names of everyone in England and how much they own

Question 34

How many villages did william send his soldiers to for the domesday book

Answer 34

13,000

Question 35

What did the soldiers have to find out for the domesday book

Answer 35

How much money, animals, land they owned and how big their house was

Question 36

What was the point of the domesday book

Answer 36

So William would know what taxes to impose

Question 37

Where did the battle of hastings take place

Answer 37

Battle, a town about 10 miles outside hastings

Question 38

Where did the Saxons stand in the field at the battle of hastings

Answer 38

At the top of Senlac hill

Question 39

What appeared in the sky in April 1066

Answer 39

Halley's comet

Question 40

What did the English view Halley's Comet as

Answer 40

A bad omen. That god was trying to tell them that a sin had been committed by Harold Godwinson their new king

Question 41

What did the Normans view Halley's Comet as

Answer 41

A good omen.That William would win the battle and become king

Question 42

What was the witan

Answer 42

The parliament of those days

Question 43

When did Edward the confessor die

Answer 43

5th January 1066

Question 44

When did Harold Godwinson become king

Answer 44

6th January 1066

Question 45

What did Harold Godwinson do in February and March 1066

Answer 45

Gathered an army of 10,000 men

Question 46

What did Harold g do in summer 1066

Answer 46

Marched his army to the south of England to wait for William

Question 47

Why was their no direct heir to Edward the confessors throne

Answer 47

Because he had no children

Question 48

How long did Edward the confessor rule England for

Answer 48

1042 to 1066 (24 years)

Question 49

Who was the king of France in 911 AD

Answer 49

Charles the simple

Question 50

Who was the leader of the Northmen

Answer 50

Rollo