Rebellions in the East 1070-71 Flashcards
Dealing with the rebellions had cost William a lot of money, what did he order the monasteries to do?
he ordered them to pay for or provide soldiers and confiscated money and treasure that had been hidden in the monasteries
What Williams other church reforms?
- Replacing Stigand with Lanfranc, an Italian man who came from a monastery in Normandy
- Any churchmen who had sympathised with the rebels were replaced by Normans. Some were imprisoned
In 1070, the Danes captured what city and who were they supported by?
Ely and an English thegn called Hereward
What did William do to make the Danes leave and what did the Danes do in response?
He paid them to leave. The Danes took the money but didn’t leave. King Svein of Denmark arrived with more troops
In what month did the Danes capture Ely?
June
How did the people of Ely respond to the Danish attack?
They did not resist, East Anglia had been a Viking stronghold and the people hoped that the Danes would get rid of William
Where did Hereward attack and what did he do to help the Danes?
He attacked Peterborough Abbey and took its treasure. He gave the treasure to the Danes and joined forces with them.
William persuaded the Danes to leave, but why did the Danes leave?
They were hungry and tired and the King of Denmark had not brought enough troops
With the Danes gone who did William leave to deal with Hereward?
The local lords and the new Norman Abbot of Peterborough
By 1071, William saw the local lords couldn’t deal with the rebellion. SO what did he do?
Gathered and army and marched to East Anglia
Ely was an island, so what was William’s plan of attack?
He sent ships and boats to block supplies to the rebels and ordered his soldiers to build a causeway through the fens (an area of marshland in East Anglia)
The English surrendered in Ely in 1071 and what happened to Morcar and other leaders?
they were imprisoned and other rebels had their hands cut off or their eyes gouged out
Whose rebellion was the last serious uprising?
Hereward’s
What happened to Hereward?
He escaped and carried on resisting Norman rule, but never posed a serious threat to William
