AS quick fire

Question 1

AS society - AS England and Norman conquest

Answer 1

social system - earls, thegns, ceorls, peasants, slaves
king power - lawmaking, taxation, religious fig, fyrd
local gov - shire reeve, tithing
trade - wool, cloth, silver
religion - church v important, edward - pious - background info

Question 2

Last years of Edward the confessor - AS England and Norman conquest

Answer 2

• Godwin family is the richest - related by marriage
• Embassy to Normandy - 1064
• Rise against tostig - background info - 1065

Question 3

Rival claimants - AS England and Norman conquest

Answer 3

• Harold godwinson
• Edgar Aethling
• William, duke of normandy
• Harald Hadrada
  background info

Question 4

Establishing control - William 1st securing the role of king

Answer 4

• Submission of earls 1066 - swore loyalty in Berkhamstead
• Rewarded land to followers
• Secured marcher earldoms - Shrewsbury, Chester, Hereford

Question 5

Resistance 1068-71 - William 1st securing the role of king

Answer 5

• Edwin and Morcar 1068 - annoyed at tax, loss of land, but surrended at Warwick when william took control of the burhs, returned as guests in 1071, fled
• Edgar and rebellions of the north - robert cumin of northum murdered, harrying of the north
• Hereward the wake, 1070-71

Question 6

Legacy of rebellions - William 1st securing the role of king

Answer 6

• Harrying of the north - destroy crops, homes, slavery
• Redistributed land, kept power by taxes, homage, domesday book, witan, coins
• Revolt of the earls 1075 - backgr info

Question 7

Feudal system/church - Norman England 1066-68

Answer 7

• Maintaining army is expensive
• Knights service
• Lanfranc in power - religion strengthens in norman control

Question 8

Norman gov - Norman England 1066-68

Answer 8

• AS gov more sophisticated (eg shire reeves) but centralised power to limit threats
• Regents - matilda in normandy, lanfranc in england
• Forest laws, domesday book

Question 9

Norman aristocracy - Norman England 1066-68

Answer 9

• Power over wealth - to atone for killing they invested in castles and cathedrals
• English language for peasants, latin for religious figures, french for norman aristocracy
• Bishop odo - co-regent in 1067, 2nd largest landowner but fell out with william and was released after his death

Question 10

William and his sons - Norman England 1066-68

Answer 10

• Tough, ruthless, devoted husband
• 9 children, ‘dumpy legs’ robert curthrose eldest
• fought the eldest, 1077 castle rouen, truce 1080
• When he died - robert was given normandy, rufus was given england
• 1080 Odo rebelled to unite the countries over Robert, stranded at Rochester