New
New
Year 10
AQA

Pevensey - historical context themes

I can recall and apply key themes from the historical context of Norman England.

New
New
Year 10
AQA

Pevensey - historical context themes

I can recall and apply key themes from the historical context of Norman England.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. There are three key topics making up the historical context of Norman England.
  2. 'Norman conquest and control' covers causes of the conquest, military aspects and establishing and maintaining control.
  3. 'Life under the Normans' covers feudalism and government and economic and social changes and their consequences.
  4. 'The Norman Church and monasticism' covers the Church and monasticism.

Common misconception

The Anglo-Saxon Church was old-fashioned and corrupt.

The Normans were keen to present the Anglo-Saxon Church that way, but Edward the Confessor had kept up with reforms from the rest of Europe.

Keywords

  • Inheritance - receiving property or other items from a parent or other after their death

  • Patronage - the support that an overlord provided to their vassal in return for homage

  • Romanesque - an architectural style inspired by the buildings of ancient Rome

  • Investiture - the ability to choose and appoint bishops and abbots

  • Vernacular - the language spoken by ordinary people in a region or country

This lesson is designed to be used as a way of making links between this year's historic environment and the historical context themes of the AQA course.
Teacher tip

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word describes robbing a place using violence, especially in wartime?
Correct Answer: pillaging
Q2.
Complete the sentence: In Scene 45, a is shown being constructed; although the tapestry labels it as Hastings, some historians have speculated that this may instead show Pevensey.
Correct Answer: motte-and-bailey castle
Q3.
Who commissioned the Bayeux Tapestry?
William the Conqueror
Correct answer: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
William II
Robert, Count of Mortain
Q4.
How many scenes are there in total in the Bayeux Tapestry?
38
48
Correct answer: 58
68
Q5.
How long did the Normans spend readying themselves to invade England?
two months
five months
Correct answer: seven months
one year
Q6.
Who can historians confidently state fought at the Battle of Hastings with William?
Bishop Odo of Bayeux
Correct answer: Robert, Count of Mortain
William Rufus
Robert Curthose

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the word to the correct definition.
Correct Answer:investiture,the ability to choose and appoint bishops and abbots

the ability to choose and appoint bishops and abbots

Correct Answer:patronage,support that an overlord provided to their vassal in return for homage

support that an overlord provided to their vassal in return for homage

Correct Answer:inheritance,receiving property or other items from a relative after their death

receiving property or other items from a relative after their death

Q2.
Which word describes an architectural style inspired by the buildings of ancient Rome?
Correct Answer: Romanesque, romanesque
Q3.
Which three topics does 'Norman conquest and control' cover?
Correct answer: causes of the conquest
feudalism and government
Correct answer: military aspects
monasticism
Correct answer: maintaining control
Q4.
Which topics does 'Life under the Normans' cover?
Correct answer: economic and social changes and their consequences
the Church
Correct answer: feudalism and government
military aspects
monasticism
Q5.
Which two of the following are not military aspects of Norman England?
Anglo-Saxon and Norman tactics
Correct answer: the Harrying of the North
Correct answer: the inheritance of William II
cavalry and castles
Q6.
Which of the following relate to the Church of Norman England?
Latin usage and the vernacular
Correct answer: Archbishop Lanfranc and reform of the English Church
Correct answer: the Investiture Controversy
the building of abbeys and monasteries