The Norman conquest and impact
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- Created on: 19-06-18 14:26
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- Norman conquest
- Type of war
- war of ambition and conquest for the normans and their leader Duke William
- For the English king Harold Godwinson it was also a war of ambition but when William attacked it became a war of defence and survival
- Harold was defeated and killed at Hastings in oct 1066
- Why was the Norman invasion successful?
- Superior Forces
- Normans had strong, experienced and disciplined archers, infantry and cavalry
- Many of Harolds best housecarls were dead or wounded. Arches were left behind
- Leadership
- Saxons had to march south very quickly-187 miles in 4 days. Harold should have rested his army
- William had fought many previous battles in France. He rested his army at Hastings
- Luck
- William waited for the winds to change direction which the had done by late Semptember
- Harold was in the north at Battle of Stamford Bridge fighting king of Norway Harald Hardrada and Tostig
- Superior Forces
- How did the Norman Conquest change England?
- Political change
- Norman ruling class were in control of England
- Anglo-Saxonearls lost power and the Normans ran the government and church
- Links to Norway and Sweden were ended
- Social change
- Norman-Frech language now used.
- The feudal system was introduced and Normans controlled 96% of the land
- Forest laws stopped the English hunting
- increase in taxes to pay for the Norman army
- Physical change
- castles and cathedrals dominated the landscape
- The normans built monasteries and new towns
- Political change
- Type of war
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