Normans

1041

1051

1057

1050s

1066

William Duke of Normandy

Harold Hadraada

Invasion of William

Harold Fighting vikings in the North

25th september

Battle of Pevensey

William's fight for the throne

Dec 1066

To keep English support for William

1067

1068

1069

1071

1075

Building castles

Land distribution

Saxon Government in Norman Governmaent

Uniforming the Legal System

1085- Doomsday Survey

Village life

Poor and rich diet and lifestyle

Economic consequences of the Normans

Norman Conquest impacts on towns

Life in towns was different to villages

Effect of the Norman Conquest on the Church

Lanfranc Reforms 1070

Changing of church buildings under Normas

Williams relationship with the Pope

Conflict under William Rufus

Norman monasteries wanted to be stricter

Lanfrancs Monastic Reforms in 1077

Reforms increased monastacism

Monastery impact on education

Transformation of language under Normans