Norman Crimes

Question 1

Williams Is Forest Laws

Answer 1

-about 30% of England became ‘Royal Forest’, which William I and the Norman nobility used for hunting

-village communities and farms were evicted from this land -> resentment

-the royal forests were protected by new forest laws

-only those who paid for hunting rights were allowed to hunt in royal forest

-in royal forests it became illegal to graze animals, kill wild animals or take wood without a licence

-social crime

Question 2

where were there rebellions to norman invasion?

Answer 2

York & east Anglia

Question 3

What did William do to rebels?

Answer 3

punished more harshly to assert authority, ordered death penalty.

Question 4

how did William punish those not directly involved?

Answer 4

destructed farmland & animals in areas that had seen rebellions - estimates suggest 100,000 people starved to death

Question 5

murdrum fine

Answer 5

if anglo-saxon murdered a norman and culprit wasn’t caught, large sum of money had to be paid
-> example of how ruling classes can make laws to benefit themselves

Question 6

what percentage of land was designated as royal forests?

Answer 6

30%