AS quick fire Flashcards
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AS society - AS England and Norman conquest
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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
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Last years of Edward the confessor - AS England and Norman conquest
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- Godwin family is the richest - related by marriage
- Embassy to Normandy - 1064
- Rise against tostig - background info - 1065
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Rival claimants - AS England and Norman conquest
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- Harold godwinson
- Edgar Aethling
- William, duke of normandy
- Harald Hadrada
background info
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Establishing control - William 1st securing the role of king
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- Submission of earls 1066 - swore loyalty in Berkhamstead
- Rewarded land to followers
- Secured marcher earldoms - Shrewsbury, Chester, Hereford
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Resistance 1068-71 - William 1st securing the role of king
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- 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
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Legacy of rebellions - William 1st securing the role of king
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- 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
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Feudal system/church - Norman England 1066-68
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- Maintaining army is expensive
- Knights service
- Lanfranc in power - religion strengthens in norman control
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Norman gov - Norman England 1066-68
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- AS gov more sophisticated (eg shire reeves) but centralised power to limit threats
- Regents - matilda in normandy, lanfranc in england
- Forest laws, domesday book
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Norman aristocracy - Norman England 1066-68
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- 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
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William and his sons - Norman England 1066-68
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- 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
