anglo VOTE SAXON Flashcards
1
Q
gate fulford
A
20th sept- 1066
- Harald Hadrada vs Edwin/ Morcar
- English was outnumbered and hatreds men went round to attack from all sides (flanking)
2
Q
stamford bridge
A
25th sept 1066
- Hadrada vs Godwinson
- surprise attack on unprepared hadrada
- berserka on bridge killed 40 Englishmen
- english won and went back south
3
Q
Hastings
A
14th oct 1066
- two sides of the seneca hill
- shield wall of the fyrd 6000
- feigned retreat
- William had Calvary (too muddy), archers with cross bows (attacked first) and trained knights 7500
4
Q
Lanfranc enforcment
A
Simony - selling jobs
Nepotism - giving family /friends jobs
Pluralism - multiple jobs
Marriage - not marriage if your a priest
5
Q
Landownership change (4)
A
- William owned all the land- meaning he could use forfeiture to take it back as punishment
- Marcher earldoms (chester, hereford and shrewsbury)
- Royal demesne - land owned specifically for kings crops and animals (labour service)
- Reward- he could reward people with land (especially daed peoples land from hastings and recorded in doomsday book 1085
6
Q
Harrying of the north
A
- 1069
- felt threaten by rebellions so harried the north - 100k died
7
Q
edwins and morcars revolt
A
1068
-Williams had promised Edwin he could marry his daughter edith (he didn’t), and mortar was replaced as earl - so they were both pretty mad
-William knew and sent an army up north to start warring straight away-
they both surrendered immediately :0
8
Q
Rebellions of the Edgar
A
1069-
- edgar came across from scotland but william just did the same thing and stayed harrying
- Edwin retreated and a castle was built in york as a warning
9
Q
hereward the wake
A
1070-71
- hereward robbed peterbourlgh abbey and stashed all the treasure in the isle ely (surrounded by marshland)
- multiple times they tried to get across but sunk due to heavy armour
- eventually it worked and they were exiled, imprisoned, mutilated and killed
10
Q
revolt of the earls
A
1075
- when the earls were drunk, they wanted power back
- it was under prepared and not well thought out
- Walteof snitched to lanfranc who was regent at the time and so was pardoned
- others were imprisoned
11
Q
why did people hate tostig (3)
A
- did not come from the danelaw and did not understand much of the Scandinavian language
- murdered two followers of Gospatrick ( important aristocrat to the north ) and then killed Gospatrick too
- was a tyrant- taxed heavily and created his own laws to only minimise any rivals
12
Q
how were earldoms split
A
- into shires (40)
- controlled by sheriffs (shire reeves)
- burhs- main town of each shire
