Formation of Kingdoms

Question 1

Tribute in Early AS Kingdoms

Answer 1

Food rent (Feorm)
Included bread and butter, suggesting rent eaten quite quickly as perishable
Feast of rich and common people
Mutual interactions with the king and common people
Similar diets even between those with few grave goods and those with many
Very low in protein, suggesting little meat

Question 2

Dykes

Answer 2

Marking a boundary
Large scale suggests king needed many people willing to build them
Require little upkeep

Question 3

Grave goods early AS burials

Answer 3

Less variation in quantity and quality
Could suggest little social stratification
Or could mean people didn’t feel the need to flaunt wealth in burials and were demonstrating in other ways

Question 4

Burials 6th - early 7th c.

Answer 4

Princely burials begin c. 590
Increase in quality and quantity of grave goods
Emphasising wealth - family powerful and rich wrought to afford it and remain secure, and confident no-one will steal it

Question 5

Sutton Hoo

Answer 5

27m long ship, up a hill
10kg byzantine silver dishware
military items - shield, helmet, mailshirt, sword
Mound demonstrates location of body and goods
confident no-one will steal it

Question 6

Descent and Genealogies 8-9th centuries

Answer 6

joint kingship - family members ruling together
tracing ancestry from heroic figures who themselves trace from Woden
a credential of kingship

Question 7

Lawcodes and fines

Answer 7

King could fine an individual for a theft
payment to the king for an act that went against the peace of the kingdom
Different from compensation for murder or assault