Normans

Question 1

Who were the 3 claimants to the throne after Edward the confessor died?

Answer 1

Harold Godwinson
Harald Hardrada
William Duke of Normandy

Question 2

When was the Battle of Stamford Bridge?

Answer 2

September 1066

Question 3

Stamford bridge battle: what was the size of Harold Godwinson’s army and how far did they travel?

Answer 3

10,000 men
300km

Question 4

Name Godwinson’s supporters (earls)

Answer 4

Morcar and Edwin

Question 5

When the Saxons attacked the Vikings, how many men did a single Viking deserter kill?

Answer 5

40

Question 6

How was the Viking berserker defeated?

Answer 6

A Saxon warrior floated under the bridge and wounded him with a spear

Question 7

Who won the battle of Stamford Bridge?

Answer 7

Harold Godwinson

Question 8

Where did William of Normandy land?

Answer 8

Pevensey

Question 9

How far did Godwinson match his army south for the battle of Hastings?

Answer 9

300km

Question 10

How did Godwinson defend against the Norman attack?

Answer 10

He set up a shield wall on a nearby hill

Question 11

How did William defeat the shield wall?

Answer 11

False retreat - Norman’s faked running away, Saxons chased down hill and were surrounded

Question 12

How was Godwinson killed?

Answer 12

Arrow to the eye (supposedly)

Question 13

When and where did William crown himself king, William the Conqueror?

Answer 13

Christmas Day, 1066
London

Question 14

What did William build after becoming king?

Answer 14

Castles and cathedrals

Question 15

How many castles were there by 1086?

Answer 15

Over 100 across England

Question 16

What were the castles made of before the Normans replaced them with stone keeps and stone walls?

Answer 16

Motte and Bailey wood

Question 17

What was William I’s palace and when was it finally finished?

Answer 17

The white Tower (Tower of London)
1504

Question 18

Why did the Norman’s build cathedrals at Durham and York?

Answer 18

To promote Christianity in England and show support to the pope in Rome

Question 19

Who ruled shires?

Answer 19

Barons

Question 20

What order is the feudal system? Lowest to highest

Answer 20

Peasants
Knights
Barons (nobles)
King

Question 21

Why did William give his best barons land?

Answer 21

So the barons would provide William with knights and taxes from each shire

Question 22

How did feudal system work?

Answer 22

Peasants would pay taxes and work on land owned by knights. Knights rented land to peasants. Barons gave loyal knights land. Barons gave William knights and taxes.

Question 23

What was the Domesday book for?

Answer 23

To record the amount of land, money, and livestock the people of England owned.

Question 24

Where did monks and nuns live?

Answer 24

Monasteries and nunneries

Question 25

What did monks and nuns do?

Answer 25

Grew herbs for medicine and brewed beer

Question 26

How much was the tax for churches?

Answer 26

A tenth of the food grown each month

Question 27

What else did monks do?

Answer 27

Created books/manuscripts and illustrated them

Question 28

What specialist workers were at markets? Give and example location.

Answer 28

Blacksmiths, carpenters, weavers.
Ledbury.