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Extra Deck Saxon England Flashcards

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1
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In Anglo Saxon England most people were?

A

Peasant farmers

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2
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What was England’s economy based on?

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Agriculture

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3
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Which group of people had come from Scandinavia and attacked Britain starting in the 8th Century?

A

The Vikings

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4
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What type of people were given land in Normandy?

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The Vikings

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5
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What religion did everyone follow in the 11th Century?

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Christianity

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6
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What was Danegeld?

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A bribe in the form of money paid by the English to the Vikings to make them leave England.

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King Aethelred II was overthrown and killed by which Viking?

A

Canute

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8
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What were the name of Canute’s 2 sons who also went on to become Kings of England?

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Harold Harefoot and Harthacanute

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9
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Canute split England up into 4 Earldoms. What were their names?

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Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia, Northumbria.

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10
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Who was the most pwerful of the 4 earls?

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Earl Godwin the Earl of Wessex

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What happened to Aethelred’s 2 sons?

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They went to Normandy and stayed with their uncle, Richard the Duke of Normandy

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12
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Who did Canute marry?

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Emma, Aethelred’s widow

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13
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What were Aethelred’s sons called?

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Edward and Alfred

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14
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Edward became the King of England in which year?

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1042

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15
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Who did Edward marry?

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Edith, Earl Godwin’s daughter

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16
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What did the Godwins do in 1051?

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Rebel

17
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What happened to the Godwins as aresult of rebelling?

A

They were exiled from the country

18
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What was the group of important English advisers of the king called?

A

The witan

19
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What did the witan force Edward to do with the Godwins?

A

Allow them back into the country and give them back their lands

20
Q

In the late 1050s who was declared sub-regulus?

A

Harold Gidwinson

21
Q

What type of ruler was Edward the Confessor seen to be by many people?

A

Weak

22
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What 3 things did the English look for in the king?

A

related to the previous king, suported by the English church and lords, wealthy and powerful

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