1.1) the norman conquest

Question 1

what is migration?

Answer 1

when people move from one place to another to take up residence

Question 2

what is immigration?

Answer 2

people arriving as migrants

Question 3

what is emigration?

Answer 3

people leaving to find a better or safer to live

Question 4

what is economic migration?

Answer 4

when people migrate to find work or a better standard of living

Question 5

what is forced migration?

Answer 5

when people are forced to migrate against their will

Question 6

what is step migration?

Answer 6

when people migrate to one place and then move onto a another

Question 7

what is chain migration?

Answer 7

when people migrating from one region to another are joined by others from the same region who follow them

Question 8

what caused the norman conquest?

Answer 8

• edward the confessor died without an heir but promised the throne to two people: harold godwinson and william of normandy
• harold was crowned because they wanted a strong leader to defend the country
• william claimed that he was promised the throne (1051) and harold had sworn to uphold this promise (1064) - he began planning his invasion of england
• william defeated harold in the battle of hasting in 1066 and then went on to conquer england

Question 9

who invaded britain in 1066?

Answer 9

• norman invaders came to take control of england

Question 10

when was the battle of hastings?

Answer 10

1066

Question 11

how did william of normandy persuade nobles to join his invasion force?

Answer 11

• he promised them land and wealth
• he gave them land that once belonged to the anglo-danish lords

Question 12

how did normans change england?

Answer 12

• william consolidated the feudal system that was already developing - in return for loyalty, he distributed land to his followers who would then divide their land to reward their followers
• they took control the tax and justice systems
• set up the domesday survey (1085) to record who owned land, what it was worth and who lived on it (to find an efficient system of taxation) and abolished slavery after it (10% of people were slaves)
• took control of the church
• they built castles to show that they were a permanent presence

Question 13

when did the first domesday survey take place?

Answer 13

1085

Question 14

what was the harrying of the north? and when did it happen?

how did william respond to it?

Answer 14

• 1069 - a failed rebellion which was led by the king of denmark → he responded to this by destroying rebels’ land and burning their crops

Question 15

how did william of normandy suppress resistance?

Answer 15

• responded with violence
• destroyed land and crops of the rebels
• introduced murdrum

Question 16

what was murdrum?

Answer 16

a norman law; a collective fine for everyone in the area if a norman was assassinated and the murderer had not been caught for 5 days

Question 17

who were the silvatici?

Answer 17

aka ‘green men’ - the anti-colonial resistance fighters