Conquests: Causes and Consquences

What was the main cause of the conquests?

factional tensions

What does Stenton highlight?

Unresolved tensions to do with the Danelaw have the minority an excessive amount of power

What does the maximalist view state?

by 1000 England was governed by a national network

The hundreds and shires worked to…

furnish national government with local government

What had made England so wealthy?

Edgar’s coin reforms

Name 3 things that made England attractive to invaders

Unified

Wealthy

Under 1 administration

Why might the post-1960’s view be too radical?

Contemporary accounts still present the idea of a chaotic “state”

What does Molyneuz argue?

Changes asserted by maximalists didn’t happen until much later

There is no evidence of shires or hundreds…

north of the Thames until 970

When are shire reeves first talked about>

Cnut’s reign

Why might England not be considered a state?

Most places were under strict military rule

What does keynes say about witness lists?

indicative of the rise and falls of people’s careers

What does Backster say about patronage?

Edward the confessor still had to use it to get nobles on side, suggesting their wasn’t really a state

Why is the Danish conquest important?

Laid the foundation for the norman conquest

The Danes were a sustained and constant threat from…

982 onwards

Why were these Danish raids different?

Let by kings so more cohesive with larger ambitions

What was the final ways the English tried to deal with the Danes?

Placte them

When and what pattern of escalation was seen?

991-1012

Larger armies and larger tributes

What was the largest tribute paid?

134,000

Who was in a constant state of war with Cnut?

Edward Ironside

Why were the Danes more than an invading foreign army

substantial part of the English aristocracy sided with Svegn

Why didn’t much change after the Danes occupied England?

They wanted continuity with Cnut taking Athelreds wife, mimicking his charter and not even being in England that much

Give a quote from Worcester

It was through the exertions of Godwinson that Edward has come to the throne

How did Godwinson elevate his status?

Integrating himself with Cnut

Earls were just as likely to be crucial supporters of royal power as they were to be challengers of it

McAuliffe

Name 1 change to the political landscape that had happened by the 1040’s

Earls had gained more power created a top crust capable of opposing the king