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Edward the Confessor Death Year |
1066 |
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Earl |
Man of great influence who ran his own area of the country god |
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Godwin Family |
Most important family before 1066 that had an Earl |
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Who was the ruler of Normandy? |
The Duke of Normandy |
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How was Edward the Confessor (before 1066) linked to Normandy? |
When his father died, his mother remarried so he went to Normandy to live with a cousin as a child. This was William the Bastard/ Conquerer |
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Why were the Godwin family so important in the Saxon era? |
They owned most of the land and it was in the South - the most highly populated with the most towns and trade areas |
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Who supported Harthacnut in becoming king? How did Edward become his successor? |
Edward and Alfred. Alfred was killed by the Godwin family so Edward becomes the successor. |
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What would Emma’s son(s) one day become? |
King of England |
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Why would Edward and Alfred feel loyalty towards Normandy? |
Their uncle was the Duke of Normandy |
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How many English kings was Emma married to? |
Two - Ethelred and Cnut/ Canute |
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Which of Emma’s husbands was not meant to get an heir? |
Ethelred |
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Why did Emma marry Cnut? |
To protect her sons - he had invaded and stolen the throne |
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Why did Emma feel betrayed by Cnut? Why did this lead to Alfred and Edward supporting Harthacnut upon their return to England? |
Emma had a son with Cnut - Harthacnut. However, Cnut wanted to crown his son Harold (from another mother) instead. She then summoned Edward and Alfred back to support Harthacnut. |
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How did Harthacnut persuade Alfred and Edward to support him? What happened as a result of this? |
He made Edward heir, leading to him being crowned in 1042 |
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What did Anglo Saxon Nobles and Edward the Confessor (the new king) argue over? Who gained power because of this and why? |
His Norman advisors - he wanted to reward them. The Godwins gained power as due to the tension, Edward sent some Norman advisors back home to replace them with Saxons - some of which were Godwins. |
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How did the king govern England before 1066? |
He divided up the country and put an earl in charge of each area of land that followed his orders. |
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What did England look like? |
Most of the Southern half was covered in forest with trees cleared for small villages |
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Who was at the bottom of society? What did they do? |
Peasants - worked on farm land owned by someone else |
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What religion was followed? |
Anglo Saxons were very Christian and believed the Pope in the Vatican (Rome) was God’s messenger on Earth. |
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What power did the church have? |
People listened to its rules and it was a major land owner |
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Why wasn’t England well defended? |
It had hardly any castles and few of the 2 million people lived in the North and Western parts |
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Why was England an attractive place to live? |
England had a minting system which meant it made coins that could be used as money which meant people could buy or sell things from eachother |
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Why was England considered economically advanced? |
It had lots of resources that could be sold, old Kings had set up trade links with Scandinavian countries and the current king Edward was brought up in France so developed trade links there |
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A message in terms of why the Godwin Family was important was...
This is given from... |
...The king didn’t want to fight with them - he gave them more power. They were exiled in 1052 - but they returned and apologised to the King. ...the fact that when the Godwin’s returned, the king didn’t want to fight with them |
