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17 Cards in this Set
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BCE - what numbers do they go from to? |
From big to small |
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CE numbers: what do they go from and to? |
Small to big |
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Chronicler |
A person who records events for historical records |
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Normanisation |
The way England has changed by the Normans after the conquest of England by William in 1066 |
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When did the king of England, Edward die? |
January 1066 |
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What mistakes did King Edward make? |
He told three people that they were going to be the rightful heir to the throne when he died |
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What was Harold Godwin’s claim to the throne |
He was named edward’s subregulus - deputy king.
His sister was married to king Edward. When Edward was sick he turned to HC for him to rule |
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What was William’s claim to the throne? |
1051 - Edwards named William his successor 1064 - powerful Earl, Godwin, promised to help him become king because he saved him. This powerful earl was on his side |
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What was Harold Hadrada’s claim to the throne? |
Before Edward, a Viking, was king, he promised Harold to be king before he died |
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Give some details about Harold Godwinson |
Powerful and rich After Edward died, the royal council meet and declared Godwinson king |
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Give some facts about William |
He was the duke of Normandy His great aunt was Edwards mother Supported by the pope |
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Give some details about Harold Hadrada |
He was the king of Norway He was a Viking warrior His ancestor king Cnut had once ruled England from 1016-1035 He was helped by Godwinson half brother, Tostig |
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What was Hadrada’s bid to become king? |
He sent 300 longships to England, English Channel, to invade He invaded once he landed in Yorkshire and defeated the northern span army He was killed by Godwinson Only 24 of the longships returned all the others were killed |
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Give details about the battle of Hastings |
Williams invasion fleet consisted of 700 ships and a large army. William landed at Pevensey bay on 29th September - he built a castle Harold Godwin started marching south. He exhausted his soldiers The two sides met at Senlac Hill, Hastings. HC gathered his men at the top of the hill - strong wall of Sheilds Battle took 2 hours. A rumor started that William was killed. HC soldiers started to leave W army pretended to run away and then they chased them down the hill W used arches to break up the Saxon wall. HG was killed. |
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How did people react to William becoming king? |
They rebelled. The biggest rebellion was in north of England in 1069 It was led by Edgar, the son of Edward the exiled - he had a blood claim to he throne William didn’t trust the English people, so he ordered villages to be destroyed and burned. This is known as the harrying on the north As a result of this the population was reduced to 75%. He also poisoned the land so they couldn’t grow crops.
After all of this he had control of the north and then set loyal people in place to control the north |
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How did William take long term control of England? |
Castles - he built over 100 castles. From the castle the Normans could control the local area The feudal system - William could not be everywhere at the same time - which is him lending land put to other people and that way all of the farming work was done for him He used the Domesday book - this was a way to keep check of the value of all things in England |
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How did the Norman conquest change England and Western Europe? |
It broke England’s ties with Denmark and Norway and connected it to Normandy and Europe It got rid of all the Saxon nobles It gave the Norman landowners great power and allowed them to rebel against William in 1070 It reversed the status of women
Tension between he English and their new French rules lasted for at least three centuries |
