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KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER: Unit 2 - NORMAN ENGLAND Flashcards

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Which Anglo-Saxon king died in 1066 with no clear heir?

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Edward the Confessor

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Which Anglo-Saxon Earl was crowned following the death of the King?

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Harold Godwinson

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What did William claim happened in 1051, which lay at the root of his claim?

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Edward the Confessor promised him the English throne

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Which Viking king of Norway also claimed the English throne?

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Harold Hardrada

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Who betrayed Harold Godwinson by joining the Vikings?

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Tostig (his brother)

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In what month and year did the Battle of Hastings take place?

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October, 1066

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What were William’s heavily armoured soldiers on horseback called?

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Knights

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What 70m long embroidered cloth depicting the Norman conquest of England?

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Bayeux Tapestry

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What did Harold’s army form, which the Normans found it difficult to break through?

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Shield-wall

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How did Harold Godwinson die, according to the Bayeux Tapestry?

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An arrow to the eye

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The Norman Conquest When was William the Conqueror crowned king of England?

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Christmas Day, 1066

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Where was William the Conqueror crowned king of England?

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Westminster Abbey

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What type of castles did Norman nobles first build on their newly acquired English land?

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Motte and Bailey Castle

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What collection of nobles and clergymen would advise the king?

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Royal Court

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What event took place in 1069, following an Anglo-Saxon rebellion in Durham?

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The Harrying of the North

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How many people are claimed to have starved to death following this event?

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100 000

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Which Anglo-Saxon noble led a last stand against Norman power in East Anglia?

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Hereward the Wake

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18
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In what town did he base his rebellion?

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Ely

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19
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According to legend, what was the name of his sword?

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Brainbiter

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What did William force all surviving Anglo-Saxon nobles to do?

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Swear him an oath of loyalty

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What form of social organisation ranks people according to status or power?

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Hierarchy

22
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What did you call anyone below you in the feudal system?

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Vassal

23
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Which rank came just below the king in the feudal system, and ruled land on his behalf?

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Barons

24
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Roughly how many Barons existed in medieval England?

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200

25
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What did this rank of people have to do for the king, in return for being granted land?

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Fight

26
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What term describes a title that is passed through a family, from parents to their children?

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Hereditary

27
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What pledge of loyalty would a vassal have to swear to their lord?

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Fealty

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What rank, usually a farm labourer, was at the bottom of medieval society?

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Peasant

29
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What vitally important book did William the Conqueror commission in 1086?

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The Domesday Book

30
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For what primary purpose did William the Conqueror have the Domesday Book written?

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Taxation

31
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What period in English history did Henry II’s reign directly follow?

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The Anarchy

32
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What area of land in France did Henry II gain through his marriage to Eleanor?

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Aquitaine

33
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What name was given to the Empire that Henry II ruled?

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Angevin Empire

34
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What position did Henry II give to his friend Thomas Becket in 1162?

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Archbishop of Canterbury

35
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What did Thomas Becket wear to show how religious he was?

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Hair shirt

36
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What offence caused Thomas Becket to go into exile in France for four years?

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Calling Henry II’s brother a ‘bastard’

37
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In what year was Thomas Becket murdered?

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1170

38
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Where was Thomas Becket murdered?

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Canterbury Cathedral

39
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What is a person who is killed for their beliefs, often religious, called?

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Martyr

40
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What did Henry II order the monks and bishops of Canterbury do to him in 1174?

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Whip him

41
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From who did John try to steal the English throne whilst he was fighting a crusade?

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Richard I (the Lionheart)

42
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Who did King John imprison, and possibly kill, for being a rival to the throne?

A

His nephew Arthur

43
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What term describes expulsion from the Catholic Church by the Pope, as happened to King John in 1209?

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Excommunication

44
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What did the Pope order in 1209, which caused English churches to close for five years?

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Interdict

45
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What nickname did King John gain for his defeats on the battlefield?

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‘Softsword’/’Lackland’

46
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What is a ruler who refuses to share their power, and governs in a cruel and oppressive way, called?

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Tyrant

47
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What series of promises, meaning ‘the Great Charter’, did the Barons force King John to sign?

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Magna Carta

48
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In what year did King John sign this series of promises?

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1215

49
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Where did King John sign a series of promises signed?

A

Runneymede

50
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What group of people in particular wrote negative accounts of King John following his death?

A

Monks

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