Social, political & economic consequences of William of Normandy's conquest
- Created by: xchipscurrysaucex
- Created on: 15-04-14 12:07
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Governance
Things that stayed the same
- The function of the chancery
- The role of sheriffs
- The shire court system
- Hundred courts
- Traditional English laws + customs e.g. trial of ordeal (little change)
Things that changed
- Appointed sheriffs - policy of replacing Anglo-Saxon tenants with those from Normandy
- Power of sheriffs - Earls' power challenged as earldoms became smaller
- Protection of Norman-French settlers in England - fine imposed upon hundreds wherein a Norman had been murdered - later became murdrum
- Sheriffs given less power over law courts
Society
- Feudalism introduced as a social structure
- Principle that all land belonged to king - 'held' not 'owned'
- Tenants-in-chief held about half of the land in England (earls, bishops, abbots, barons) - formed nobility
- Inner circle of tenants-in-chief held about quarter of the country - only…
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