History Yr10 mock - Normanisation of England - p75-89

One feature of the feudal system

Tenants-in-chief granted out land to followers in order to reward them for their loyalty, but also to provide service obligations. E.g, if they had fiefs carrying the obligation to provide 10 knights, he could grant out 10 parcels of land.

Military and social role of the tenants-in-chief:

Military - fought with the king, provided a band of knights

Social - provide knights for the king, had a large number of fiefs (barony), and each had its own court

How many knights were in Norman England

6000

What was the role of the knights

-Guard their lord’s property, provide up to 40 days of knight service

-Fight in battle, using cavalry charges against foot soldiers became very effective

-Could stay in castles and ride out to suppress opposition to England

What was the knight’s social importance

-Replaced thegns as the under-tenants of their tenant-in-chief

-May have been the local lord of the manor

What was the significance of the relief system

-Encouraged loyalty to the king

-William could change how much the relief was, therefore threaten disobedient landholders

-Reduced power of challengers to the throne, but also caused discontent

Give 2 roles of the church

-Managed many estates, involved with the economy

-Also had a military role, as the church leaders owed William knight service and they provided land for the knights

Give 3 reforms of the Church, made by Lanfranc

-He wanted priests to be set apart from society and live spiritual lives. Marriage was banned for the clergy

-Cathedrals were rebuilt in strategic locations, giving bishops more control (Selsey to Chichester)

-More archdeacons made it easier for the Church to get control over all parish priests in a diocese

How did the normanisation of the church affect Norman control over England

-Bishops influenced messages that people received about the king

-Church held a lot of land; installing loyal Normans as bishops secured these lands

-Lanfranc’s reforms made parish priests come under stricter church control; more Norman control over countryside

How did the Normanised Church enhance the king’s power

-Bishops did homage to the king. king’s approval was needed for key decisions

-King received revenues from Church land in-between appointing bishops

-King controlled comms between Church leaders and the pope in Rome

What parts of society continued after normanisation

-Life in villages

-The royal household, although the people were replaced with Normans, the roles stayed very similar

-Geld tax remained the same, William also levied it more frequently & more heavily

What parts of society changed after normanisation

-Large areas were cleared for castles and new churches

-Scandinavian trade was broken off (impacted Danelaw areas, like Yorkshire, as 20 years after harrying of the north it was still an economic wasteland)

-Thegns replaced by knights, but knights were much less independent

-King had more control over tenants-in-chief

What was the role of regents

-Helped william run both countries. E.g lanfranc in 1075

-Usually left in control of normandy over england

-Due to the greedy actions of Odo and FitzOsbern in 1067

How did sheriff’s roles change

-More power, answered to only the king

-Enforced new laws to punish rebellion

-Also organised defence of the shire and gathered the fyrd

What was the significance of the forest

-Showed power of the king to be above everything else

-Increased land controlled by the king

-Forest areas became another source of income for the Crown

-Also hurt relationships between the people and king due to harsh punishments

3 significant outcomes of the Domesday book

-King could receive alot of revenue from charging reliefs to new tenants, he also did heavy geld taxes

-Very important for supporting William’s claim to be fair, as it helped sort out legal disputes over land

-Helped to see how many soldiers each tenant could provide; useful when there was a potential viking invasion threat in 1085