a survey is an examination of specific details, opinions, behaviour, etc., made by asking people questions

a manor is a unit of land overseen by a lord - a lord’s large manor house is also a feature

geld is the name of a tax traditionally used to defend England against (Viking) invasions

Domesday Book

History

Anglo-Saxon kingship

Edward the Confessor, the Godwins and William of Normandy

Edward the Confessor's death and the claimants to the throne

Battle of Stamford Bridge

Battle of Hastings

Reasons for William's victory in 1066

The submission of London in 1066

Establishing control: new earls and earldoms

Establishing control: motte-and-bailey castles

Revolts against William I, 1067-1075

The Harrying of the North, 1069-70

William's consolidation of power

Key figures in the government of Norman England

The Norman feudal system

Land and inheritance in Norman England

Justice and the legal system in Norman England

Continuity and change in Norman government

Life in towns in Norman England

Life in villages in Norman England

The built environment of Norman England

Work and diet in Norman England

Changing laws in Norman England: Forest law

Daily life in Norman England

The Anglo-Saxon Church

Lanfranc's reforms

The king and the Church in Norman England

The Reform Papacy

Norman reforms of English monasticism

The Norman Church

In this unit, pupils study an aspect of British medieval history in depth. They learn about the social, economic, religious and political events that influenced the lives of those who lived in this period.

British Depth Study: Norman England, c1066–c1100

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

In which year did William order the survey that became Domesday Book?

Who owned the manor in the time of Edward the Confessor?

How much is the land worth now (in 1085)?

Which of these were questions asked by the commissioners of the Great Survey?

gathering specific details by asking people questions

the name of a tax used to defend England against Viking attacks

Match the terms to their correct definitions.

Complete this sentence: in 1086 William summoned the tenants-in-chief to a grand ceremony where they paid {{}}.

Domesday was commissioned at a time when England faced invasion from which country?

to confirm what his tenants owed him in return for their land

to show how much Norman rule had benefitted the English

to help calculate the geld tax that could be raised to defend England

to replace the Anglo-Saxon way of gathering taxes with a new feudal system

Which of these do historians consider likely reasons why William ordered the Great Survey that became Domesday Book?

Whose land did William claim for the Normans? 

the efficiency of the tax system in gathering money

Which of these changed William's attitude to including Anglo-Saxons in positions of power? 

What was the name of the important Norman landholders who held land directly from the monarch?

Complete the sentence with the correct answer: William introduced a new system of landholding that more strictly tied the landholder to the {{}}. 

How many of William’s top-ranking lords held 25% of the land in England?

Complete this sentence: The Normans introduced stricter landholding rules and many Anglo-Saxon landholders often had their landholdings {{}}.

Domesday Book

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