Resistance to Norman rule: 1068-1071

Question 1

what happened in 1068?

Answer 1

revolt of the earls

Question 2

who was involved in the 1068 rebellions?

Answer 2

edwin and morcar and edgar the aethling

Question 3

why did edwin and morcar rebel?

Answer 3

they were unhappy because william was taking Anglo saxon land and increasing taxes when he wasn’t supposed to

Question 4

what promise to edwin did William go back on?

Answer 4

he promised edwin he could marry his daughter

Question 5

what did edwin and morcar decide to do?

Answer 5

went north to raise a rebellion

Question 6

what did william do when he realised that edwin and morcar were planning to rebel?

Answer 6

marched north and built castles as he went

Question 7

what were the first 2 castles that william built?

Answer 7

Warwick and Nottingham

Question 8

what did edwin and morcar do?

Answer 8

backed down due to the threat of william moving north

Question 9

what did Edgar do?

Answer 9

went back to Scotland

Question 10

what did edwin and morcar do after backing down?

Answer 10

begged william for forgiveness

Question 11

what happened in 1069?

Answer 11

Edgar the Aethling and the rebellion of the north

Question 12

who did Edgar persuade to support his claim to the throne?

Answer 12

Scottish king Malcolm and Danish king Swein

Question 13

why was Edgar’s support a threat to william?

Answer 13

three whole armies could unite against him

Question 14

why did rebellions break out in the North?

Answer 14

the Earl of Northumbria was killed in the streets of Durham because he was a Norman which spurred those in York to kill the Norman governor and many Norman troops

Question 15

what did Edgar do when he heard of these rebellions?

Answer 15

travelled down from Scotland to join them and launch an attack against William

Question 16

what did william do when he heard of the rebels?

Answer 16

set off for York with a large army

Question 17

what did william do when he arrived in York?

Answer 17

slaughtered many of the people

Question 18

what was Edgar’s reaction to william slaughtering people?

Answer 18

he fled back to Scotland in fear

Question 19

what did william do after Edgar had fled?

Answer 19

built a castle in York to show his victory and went back to the south

Question 20

what did King Swein then do?

Answer 20

sent troops across the North Sea to meet with Edgar

Question 21

what did the potential arrival of the vikings and Edgar lead to in York?

Answer 21

more rebellions

Question 22

what did william do when he heard of these rebellions?

Answer 22

marched North for the third time that year

Question 23

what did Edgar do when he realised william was marching North again?

Answer 23

fled back to Scotland and vikings didn’t step foot of their boats once william has arrived

Question 24

what had william shown through the rebellion failing?

Answer 24

his presence in the North was enough to stop a rebellion

Question 25

what happened in 1070-71?

Answer 25

hereward the wake rebellions

Question 26

who brought a fleet to england in 1070?

Answer 26

king swein

Question 27

where was the fleet based?

Answer 27

Ely

Question 28

why was Ely difficult to attack?

Answer 28

surrounded with marshland

Question 29

what did hereward lead?

Answer 29

an attack on Peterborough abbey and seized its treasure

Question 30

how long did hereward hold Ely for?

Answer 30

over 1 year

Question 31

who joined the rebels i 1071?

Answer 31

morcar

Question 32

how did william bribe swein to go home?

Answer 32

by offering him money

Question 33

what happened on williams first attempt to cross to Ely?

Answer 33

his bridge collapsed and some of his men drowned

Question 34

what did william do after his first bridge collapsed?

Answer 34

built another bridge

Question 35

what did william do to the rebels at Ely?

Answer 35

cut of their limbs to warn others not to rebel