Anglos Saxon England was split…
Into 134 shires
The name of areas of land in a shire is…
A hundred
In the midlands a hundred covered…
100 hides
The normans kept…
The shire system
The shire was responsible for…
Making annual payments to the king, presiding over shire courts, collecting taxes and raising armies
Laws…
Depended on where you lived
Trial by battle…
Was unfair as you could choose your contender
In Anglo Saxon England, the main instrument of government…
Was to issue an order in writing called a writ which gave orders to be sent around the country
In Norman England, trial by…
Combat was used to settle disputes over large sums of land or money
Between 1084 - 1086…
There were heavy geld taxes as William took more money from his tenants in order to gain money for armies or supplies.
