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How Were The Saxons Goverend Flashcards

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What is governance

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How a country is run and by who

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What is the witan

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A council that advised the king in Saxon times on key decisions

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How is at the top of the hierarchy

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King

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Who is below the king

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Earls

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Who is below the earls

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Thegns

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Who is below the thegn

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Ceorls

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Who is below ceorls

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Peasant farmers

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Who is below the peasant farmers

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Slaves

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What percentage of the population did slaves make up

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10%

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Where did the Anglo Saxons come from

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Germany Belgium and the Netherlands

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When did the Anglo Saxons inhabit England

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After the romans

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What was the main source of income for Anglo Saxons

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Farming/ agriculture

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What is the population of Anglo Saxons

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Small population of 2 million

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What was the death rate like in Anglo Saxon times

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Low life expectancy and high infant mortality

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Who was the most powerful in Anglo Saxon England and no one could tell them what to do

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The king

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What did kings do to control the country

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Kings granted out some of their power to their earls and took advice from the government (the witan)

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What could only the king do

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Make new laws
Decide on tax payments
Raise the Fyrd army (an army of peasants) and fleet
Grant land and take it away

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Why did the king have to allow some independence

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Half of the country was Anglo danish with its own laws known as Danelaw

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What was the Witans job

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To advise the king but the king could decide who was appointed in the witan

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Why could the witans opinions be ignored

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The king could decide what he needed advice on and didn’t have to follow that advice

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Who were the earls

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The most important men in the country after the king and ruled over large areas on the kings behalf

22
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What powers did earls have

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Collect tax (they kept 1/3)
In charge of law and order in their earldom
Military powers - earls were the kings generals leading their loyal thegns in battle

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Who were thegns

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Local lords who could complain to the king about earls who governed an earldom badly

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What did you need to become a thegn

A

5 hide of land

25
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What is an example of an earl being reported by thegns

A

Tostig the earl of Northumbria in 1065 where the witan was involved in deciding what happened

History Anglosaxons (20 decks)

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