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Who was William the conquer

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King of Normandy

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Who was Harold hadrada

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Viking leader

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Who was Harold godwinson

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King of England

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Who won the battle of Hastings

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William of Normandy

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How many men did the Vikings have in the battle of fulford

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7000

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How many men did the English have in the battle of fulfard

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3500

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Who was the king in England before people fought for it

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Edward the confessor

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Who were the choices of king after Edward died

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Harold godwinson
Harold hadrada
William duke of Normandy
Edgar the aetheling

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Who did the witan choose to be king

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Harold godwinson

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Where did the fight with hadrada and godwinson take place

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Fulford

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How did William of Normandy prepare for events of 1066

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He had a good relationship with the previous king

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How did William of Normandy prepare for events of 1066

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He had support from God because he persuaded the pope that the English church needed reforming

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How long did it take William to get to England

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The journey he took to England took him 20 miles

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How powerful was William duke of Normandy

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William was the most powerful king in the north west Europe

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How does Harold hadrada die

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In the battle of fulford

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Who won the battle of Stamford bridge

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The English

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What was the aim of the battle of Stamford bridge

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To take the city of York

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18
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How many miles was covered in 4 days

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200 miles

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What is feigned retreat

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It’s when you convince the other side that they have left which meant that the opposition will run after leaving there advance spot

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What equipment did William have

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He had better weapons and armour

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Why did William win the battle

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Because he was prepared

22
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Was godwinson unlucky against hadrada

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Yes

23
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What year did the most powerful men in England plotted a revolt against William

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1073

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What was the revolt known as

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Revolt of the north an farls

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Why was this a different kind of revolt

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Because it was Anglo Saxon and Norman’s revolting against William together

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Who was the revolt leader

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Ralph de Gael

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Who was Ralph de Gael

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Earl of east anglia

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Who were the plotters

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Ralph de Gael
Roger de Bretevic
Earl of Hereford
Waltheug earl of Northumbria

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What was there plan to overthrow William

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To revolt against h8m and divide the land into 3 between them

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What support did the plotters have

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Danish king crat and brictueg of France

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How did the Danes mess up the support of the rebellion

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They came late to support the rebellion

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How many ships did the Danes have

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They had 200 ships that would have stretched the normans defences beyond their limit

33
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How was the revolt poorly planned

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The rebel’s plans were very vague like Robles before them

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Who was meant to be king if they overthrew William

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One of them was meant to be king but they have decided who

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How did they find out about the revolt

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Waltheug thought better than getting involved and informed Archbishop Lanfranc

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What did lanfranc do when he found out

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He sent men to find what was happening in the earl coma LG Hereford and east anglia

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What did the mEn report to lanfranc

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The rebel’s were strengthening there defences and castles and building up there troops ready for combine attack’s

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What did Lanfranc do to stop them

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He wrote a letter to roger saying not do it and informed how loyal his farther was

39
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What is Normandy today

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Normandy today is a part of France but in the eleventh century it was an independent country ruled by a duke

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Where did the Vikings come from

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They came from Norway Sweden and Denmark (Scandinavia)

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What was the say on religion

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Religious beliefs were very strong and the Catholic Church dominated Western Europe

42
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How many inhabitants were there in England in 1066

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2 million

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Who were the most powerful family in Norman England

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The godwinsons

44
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Key feature of England in the eleventh century

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Most of the southern half of England was covered in Forrest

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Why did raders go to England

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England was very wealthy

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Who were the Godwin’s

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The Godwinson were the most powerful family in Norman England they controlled a large area of England

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How did earl Godwin’s die

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He got exiled by Edward in 1052 over a dispute about land

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What adavange did godwinson have in the battle of Stamford bridge

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He caught them by surprise

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How many men did Harold godwinson have after the battle of Stamford bridge

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6000

50
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Were the Viking at a disadvantage in the battle of fulford

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Some left there weapons on the ship

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