AS - norman england

Question 1

the feudal hierarchy

Answer 1

1. william
2. tenants-in-cheif
3. under-tenants
4. peasants

Question 2

role of the tenants-in-cheif

Answer 2

1. led knights
2. did law courts to deal with barony land disputes
3. paid king tax from revenues
4. served on royal council as advisers

Question 3

what was knight service

Answer 3

Knight service: duty to provide a knight up to 40 days a year
1. Very very powerful
2. Some guarded kings castles

Question 4

the feudalism and MILITARY power

Answer 4

• Ensured the king had military power without paying.
• Designed so that William received grants of land for providing the expensive service of training the knights

Question 5

the feudalism and POLITICAL power

Answer 5

• King Could control barons (major land owner) through grants, land, relief and forfeiture.
• Forfeiture – William had power to punish anyone severely who acted against him and grant reward for loyalty to someone else

Question 6

the feausalism and PEASANTS

Answer 6

• The system made sure that the nobility stayed rich and in control
• Peasants provided labour service for their lord in return for protection
• Peasants bound to a lord

Question 7

criticisms of Stigand in the church

Answer 7

• pluralist - bishop for more than one area which increased his land and revenue.
• accused of giving out jobs in return for money

Question 8

Lanfranc’s changes to the church

Answer 8

• convinced king to put archbishop of canterbury in charge of whole church
• marriage for preists was banned - devoted to god
• monestries and nuneries increased and nuns and monks no longer mixed with other people.

Question 9

CONTINUITY to anglo-saxon society

Answer 9

1. economic - farming life same
2. government - process eg writs was the same j dif ppl
3. geld tax - king still extracted money from kingdowms
4. towns - same trading rights and previleidges

Question 10

CHANGE to the anglo-saxon society

Answer 10

1. economic trade - trade w normandy increased and scandinavier decreased
2. military - houses and cleared for castles
3. religions - landfranc’s changes and every church/cathedral rebuilt
4. social - feudal hierarchy
5. poltiical - all AS removed from any role of influence

Question 11

how did William reduce the power of earls

Answer 11

• smaller earldoms
• less earldoms
• increased power of sherrifs
• using knight service so king had the largest army

Question 12

role of the regents - odo, lanfranc

Answer 12

1. odo of beyeux and william fitzosber - TERRIBLE JOB and undid all of williams peacemaking
2. lanfranc - much better and managed to contain a revolt by the earls

Question 13

the role of the SHERIFF in ANGLO SAXON TIME compared to NORMAN TIME

Answer 13

ANGLO SAXON
- managed kings earldoms but earl was much more important than sheriff
- repsonsible for law and order
- sheriff defeneded shire and gathered fyrd

NORMAN
- controlled shire but only ansered to the king
- kept other last 2 roles

Question 14

why was royal forest resented

Answer 14

• extended kings hunting land taking it away from others
• locals evicted
• harsh punishments for hunting these
• laws prohibited damage to the vegitation

Question 15

3 uses of the Domesday book

Answer 15

1. LEGAL - sorted out legal disputes about who owns what
2. MILITARY - william could see how many more knights his tenants could provide for knight service
3. FINANCIAL - king could see whwere ppl should be paying more and what land they should inheirt

Question 16

2 features of the norman aristocracy

Answer 16

1. landholding - passed land to single heir so whole state stayed together instead of sharing it around to many dif members
2. chivalry - complex moral coe on how knights should behave

Question 17

backrgound info to the storyline of bishop odo revolt

Answer 17

• william and odo half brothers
• william makes odo bishop of bayeux (he had bad rep so this helped him)
• odo provides 200 ships for battle of hastings - remwarded
• odo made co-regent with fitzosberene- away bc he allowed theft and rape
• odo forced to give land back
• odo imprisoned
• odo led barons in revolt against william

Question 18

how did william die

Answer 18

• 1087 - very fat and during battle his horse collasped and he died due to internal injuries
• took him july to sept to die - very painful

Question 19

who was robert curthrose

Answer 19

• william and matildas eldest son
• good warrior but lazy and weak-willed (not ready to lead Normandy against enemies)

Question 20

events of Robert Curthose revolt

Answer 20

1. robert younger brother plays prank resluting in real fight that william had to stop
2. robert angry william didnt punish the brothers so robert and men tried to take control of Rouen castle
3. william led troops against robert and men and so robert fled to flanders
4. williams enemy gave robert castke on boarder of normandy and then robert tried to attack normandy
5. william raised army against robert and robert won - humiliating
   - matilda organised a reconciliation between them and william made robert heir to normandy again

Question 21

who did william want to become heir

Answer 21

william didnt want robert to become heir to englanf but instead he wanted his younger son WILLIAM RUFUS to.

Question 22

the revolt of odo

Answer 22

• he got released from prison
• led a rebeillion against william and robert supported it
• but most of English barons supported william.
• odo and brothers took refuge in prevebsey castle ans then odo escaped to rochester castle and waited for roberts support
• but this never came and odo was forced to surrended and then got exiled