Medieval Period

Vikings

-invaded england in year 865

-area of england controlled by the vikings was called the danelaw and vikings known as danes

-came to england because of fertile land that was good for farming

-good resources to trade

-religion encouraged fighting wars - odin would reward them in afterlife

-anglo saxons didnt want vikings to stay , fought the vikings at the battle of brunanburh

-anglo saxon king etherlred didnt like the vikings so he ordered a mass killing at the st brices day massacre

-many vikings converted to christianity

-vikings lived in the city of york with anglo saxons

-vikings improved politics economics and religous/social/cultural in york

-vikings worked as potters-leatherworker-blacksmiths-jewelers-farmers in york

Normans

-people from normandy france

-leader was william of normandy

-1066 edward the confessor died and harold godwinson got the throne

-william of normandy wanted to be king so he invaded in 1066 and defeated the english at the battle of hastings

-edward the confessor promised the throne to william so he thought it was stolen by harold and wanted to win it back

-william got the blessing from the god so thought invadeing england would be succesfull

-english hated normans and rebellions happened at the start of william reign

-english nobels in the north rebelled so william began the harrying of the north where he killed burned down farms and houses

-east also rebelled by hereward the wake but got crushed

-successful ruling elite in britan holding wealth and power

-normans introduced the feudal system

-introduced the domesday book ( was a record of all land and property ) allowed william to tax people

-murdum fined communities were normans were killed

• improved politics , economics ,religous /social/cultural

Medieval Jews

- he needed money for building castles and cathedrals to keep power

-howerver william and his people were christians so they were not allowed to lend money

-jewish people were allowed to lend money so william invited them

-were accepted in england

-they were allowed to practice their religion

-worked as cheesemakers to fishmongers to doctors

-people became increasingly anti-semetic in the late 12th century

-due to crusades

-at the coronation of king richard i 30 jews were killed

-jewish people were trapped in cliffords tower where 150 jews died in mass suicide in 1190

-king henry 3rd made them wear yellow badges and took their property

-statue of jewry banned jews from practicing usury

-1290 jews were expelled from country or else executed

-many impacted economic

Flemish Weavers

-from netherlands

-came to country because of good wool for them to use their weaving skill’

-encouraged by edward 3 their own guild

-workers were needed

-fled to england to escape war

-made huge profits

-attacked in the peasants revolt 1381

-improved economics

Lombard Bankers

-workers were needed

-escape war

-pope allowed them practice usury so they replaced jewish money lenders

-very wealthy

-attacked during evil may day riots in 1517

-improved economics

Hansa Merchants

-workers needed

-escape war

-given trading rights by the king

-successful trading base

-attacked by mobs twice in medieval period

-improved economics