GCSE History Anglo Saxon Norman England

Question 1

King Edward the Confessor

Answer 1

King Edward the Confessor died in 1066 without an heir - leading to a struggle for a new king

Question 2

Earls

Answer 2

The earls was the highest Anglo - Saxon aristocracy

Question 3

Thegns

Answer 3

The thegns were local lords

Question 4

Witan

Answer 4

The Witan was a group of elders which helped advise and council the King of England

Question 5

Earl Godwin

Answer 5

Head of the Godwin Family . The most powerful family in Anglo - Saxon England

Question 6

Ceorls

Answer 6

’ Free ‘ peasant farmers not tied to their land

Question 7

Shires

Answer 7

Governmental districts in early England and governed by a shire - reeve ( sheriff) .

Question 8

Wergild

Answer 8

A fine the amount paid by the wrongdoer to the family of the person he or she had injured or killed and translates as “ money for a man “ .

Question 9

Tithing

Answer 9

In Medieval England a group of 10 families who collectively dealt with minor disturbances and breaches of the peace .

Question 10

Burh

Answer 10

Fortified settlement established to protect towns against Viking invasion .

Question 11

Tostig Godwinson

Answer 11

Was exiled by his brother Harold he supported Harald Hardrada and died at Stamford Bridge .

Question 12

Morcar

Answer 12

Who took over as Earl of Northumbria from Tostig and was also supported by the people of Northumbria against Tostig ?

Question 13

Harald Hardrada

Answer 13

King of Norway wants to reinstate the viking claim to throne and supported by Godwinson’s brother ( Tostig ) and death marks end of Viking Age .

Question 14

Edgar Aethling

Answer 14

Teenage relative to Edward the Confessor and too young and inexperienced to take the throne .

Question 15

What was the first big battle of 1066 ?

Answer 15

Gate Fulford

Question 16

Gate Fulford

Answer 16

20th September 1066

Question 17

Stamford Bridge

Answer 17

Battle between Harald Hadrada and Harold Godwinson where Godwinson’s troops destroyed Hadrada’s Vikings .

Question 18

Shield wall

Answer 18

A barrier formed when soldiers stood close and held their shields tightly together .

Question 19

Fyrd

Answer 19

Working men and mainly peasants called to serve the king in times of trouble .

Question 20

Housecarls

Answer 20

Highly - trained troops that stayed with their lord wherever he went and a bodyguard .

Question 21

How did William wear down the shield wall ? Using the shield tactic .

Answer 21

Feigned retreat

Question 22

Winchester

Answer 22

The location of the Anglo Saxon treasury

Question 23

Berkhamstead

Answer 23

Where did Edwin and Morcar and Edgar the Aethling submit to William ?

Question 24

Motte and Bailey Castle

Answer 24

Castles constructed on top of an earthen mound with a wooden - fenced stockade encircling the wooden fort .

Question 25

Archbishop Stigand

Answer 25

The Anglo Saxon leader of the Church in England

Question 26

Marcher earldoms

Answer 26

Which earldoms had special privileges such as not having to pay tax to William or not having to ask permission to build castle ?

Question 27

Palisade

Answer 27

A fortification of timbers set in the ground and an extended cliff .