The submission of the earls in 1066
I can explain why the earls submitted to William at Berkhamsted.
The submission of the earls in 1066
I can explain why the earls submitted to William at Berkhamsted.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- William needed to overcome a hostile Anglo-Saxon population if he wished to control England.
- Anglo-Saxon nobility rallied behind Edgar the Aethling as the next king of England.
- William’s army was vulnerable, in a foreign land with limited supplies.
- William used harrying and violence to induce submission from the Anglo-Saxon nobility.
- Earls Edwin and Morcar, Edgar the Aethling and Stigand, the Archbishop of Canterbury, submitted to William.
Common misconception
The Norman conquest was fully achieved by the victory at the Battle of Hastings.
In reality, there were many defiant Anglo-Saxons ready to carry on fighting and it took time for William to gain meaningful control over a hostile Anglo-Saxon population.
Keywords
Plundered - plundered is when goods have been stolen violently from a place, especially during a war
Harrying - harrying is persistently harassing or carrying out attacks on an enemy or an enemy's territory
Submission - submission is the act of allowing someone or something to have power over you
Supplies - in this lesson, supplies are food or other things necessary for an army to operate
Foraging - foraging is going from place to place searching for things that you can eat or use
Content guidance
- Contains conflict or violence.
Supervision
Adult supervision suggested.
Licence
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
an Anglo-Saxon army made up of mostly untrained peasant conscripts
the elite unit of the Anglo-Saxon army
a group of ships, or all of the ships in a country's navy
the elite unit of the Norman army
Exit quiz
6 Questions
when goods have been stolen violently from a place
the act of allowing someone or something to have power over you
going from place to place searching for things that you can eat or use
food or other things necessary for an army to operate