Norman changes to the English landscape

History

1066 and claims to the throne

The Battle of Hastings (1066)

Norman reforms to the English Church

Norman changes to English land holding

The impact of the Norman Conquest on England

In this unit, pupils learnt about how historians use sources to support their differing accounts of the impact of the Norman Conquest.  In 'Norman England: in what ways did life change for ordinary people' pupils deepen their understanding of how Norman changes to government influenced ordinary people.

In 'The Anglo-Saxons: how do we know about life in Anglo-Saxon England?', pupils learnt about Anglo-Saxon culture and society, and the evidence base for the claims historians make. In this unit pupils learn more about how historians use sources to support their differing accounts of the impact of the Norman Conquest.

In this unit, pupils learn about the causes and conduct of the Norman Conquest of England. They develop their understanding of the sorts of evidence historians use to make claims, and how they do this, building an understanding of how we know about these events.

The Norman Conquest: how do we know about the impact of the Conquest on England?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

So English people would have somewhere safe to shelter from Viking attacks.

To help William stop rebellions against Norman rule.

To convince English people that God had chosen William as their king.

To force English people to leave a region where there had been a rebellion.

Which one of the following is the best explanation for why William ordered castles to be built in England after 1066?

Add in the missing word to complete the name used for the way the Normans brutally put down a rebellion in Yorkshire in 1069: the {{}} of the North.

a ditch, sometimes filled with water, surrounding the castle

the castle courtyard; an open area inside the outer defences

a tall structure within a castle used for keeping a lookout

Match these features of motte-and-bailey castles with their correct definitions.

How many castles did William have built during his reign?

After his invasion fleet landed, William built a temporary castle at Pevensey.

A castle began to be constructed in London just before William's coronation.

In 1067, over 100 houses were destroyed to make room for Norwich castle.

A motte-and-bailey castle was built in York following a major rebellion.

In 1072 William ordered that a castle be built in Durham.

Put these events in order, starting with the earliest.

Totnes town already had strong fortifications before the Norman Conquest.

Totnes castle was built following rebellions in the south west in 1068.

The motte of Totnes castle is 17.5 metres high.

The first castle at Totnes had stone walls rather than a wooden fence.

Which of these facts about Totnes castle are true?

local, untrained Anglo-Saxons who were called up to fight

the defensive line of shields used by Anglo-Saxon armies

Match the words with the correct definitions.

Which of these people were king of England at some point during 1066?

In 1070 William the Conqueror appointed a new Archbishop of Canterbury. What was the Archbishop’s name?

Replaced almost all the Anglo-Saxon abbots with Normans.

Replaced almost all the bishops appointed by Edward the Confessor with Normans.

Ordered all Church services to be in English so everyone could understand them.

Introduced new rules for how priests, bishops and monks should live their lives.

Which of these were things that Lanfranc carried out in his reform of the English Church?

Stopping rule-breaking, e.g. breaking rule of celibacy.

A large programme of rebuilding in the Norman Romanesque style.

Property was passed to the eldest son (primogeniture).

Carrying out a survey of all landholding in King Edward's time and in the 1080s.

Which of these ways of increasing Norman control over England were connected to Lanfranc's Church reforms?

How much of the land did the Church control when William took control of England in 1066?

Norman changes to the English landscape

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