Unit 1 Migration Flashcards
c800 - c1100
1
Q
What was the Danelaw?
A
area where the Vikings ruled
2
Q
When did the Viking capture England?
A
865
3
Q
Why did the Vikings want to invade England?
A
-wealthy monasteries
-easy target
-many ports
-fertile land
4
Q
How did the Vikings impact culture?
A
- changed the language (towns and villages have names that end with letters that have Scandivanian meanings -by, like Grimsby)
- club, ransack
5
Q
What is the modern name for the modern day Viking city, Jorvik?
A
York
6
Q
What was the impact of the Vikings on Jorvik?
A
- increased trade
- became a multicultural city
- hundreds of house, workshop, warehouses and wharves were built
- skilled migrants worked on many different trades e.g. blacksmith and glassmakers
7
Q
What is the evidence of trade in Jorvik?
A
- archaeological digs
- amber from Scandinavia
- reindeer antlers from the Arctic
- silks from Asia
8
Q
When did the Normans come to England?
A
1066
9
Q
why were motte and bailey castles built
A
- Anglo-Saxons built walls around tows and cities to defend them from possible ivaders
- When the Normans arrived, they built 65 castles between 1066 and 1100 (remind people of Norman power)
10
Q
What changes were made to England’s government?
A
- replacement of Saxon landowners with Normans (land owned by 4000 Saxons was seized by William and given to 200 bishops, nobles and monasteries)
- introduced the feudal system
11
Q
When and why did the Normans come to England?
A
- following the Battles of Hastings in 1066
- to take the throne
11
Q
why were stone castles built?
A
- Motte and bailey castles replaced with stone
- more resistant to attack
- important centres for administrtion and government (tax collectors and market traders)
12
Q
how did churches change during norman migration
A
- Anglo-Saxon churches were normally small and wooden
- Normans built larger, stone churches
- In large towns, like London, basilicas were made which could hold more people
- rounded arches and painted inside with religious art
13
Q
how did normans change culture
A
- Language (Norman French became the laguange of the government)
- May French words relating to government entered the language e.g. crown, authority and minister
- cooked meats became known by Norman names e.g. beef, mutton and venison
14
Q
how did the normans impact the economy
A
- new trade across the English channel e.g. exported wool, wine import from France
