Migrants In Britain: 1.2 Flashcards
Norman migrants/invaders
1
Q
Describe a brief timeline of the Norman Conquest
A
- Battle of Hastings, 14 Oct 1066
- William waits for submission in Hastings until 15 Oct
- March on London
- sent troops Winchester to seize treasury
- submission from many A-S townspeople out of fear of destruction
- submission at Berkhamstead
- William crowned 25/12/1066 @ Westminster Abbey
2
Q
What were the pull factors of England for the Normans ?
A
- more land = more power
- common religion
- money and land promised by William to his followers if they succeeded
- William allegedly promised the English throne by both Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson
- increased trade
3
Q
Between which years was there massive struggle for power between Normans and Saxons ?
A
1067-71
4
Q
How did the Normans keep power over England ?
A
- castles
[] visual symbol of power
[] quickly built in trouble areas
[] built in town centres + close together so control of the locals very easy
[] refuge for soldiers and storage places for weapons/ammunition - the feudal system
- Domesday Book (though this was towards the end of William I’s reign and by this time control was largely established)
5
Q
What stayed the same from Saxon society after the Norman Conquest ?
A
- geld tax/taxation
- the Witan
- chancery + chancellors
[] clerks in chanceries drew up writs
[] kept the system but replaced A-S personnel with Normans - shires/sheriffs
[] kept system but appointed Normans and gave more power to sheriffs - shire + hundred courts
[] shire courts = most serious criminal trials
[] hundred courts = local criminal trials + day-to-day disputes
[] juries replaced w/Normans but system kept exactly the same for the most part
6
Q
What changed from Saxon society after the Norman Conquest ?
A
- landscape (addition of castles etc.)
- land ownership
- Church
- language (French became the new standard and written English disappeared slowly)
- laws (forest, murdrum)
