Anglo-Saxon society - 1.1 Monarchy, government and the social system

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Who ruled England from 1042?
Edward the Confessor
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When did Edward the Confessor die?
January 1066
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What was the role of the King?
To make all the government decisions - to rule
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Who made all the important decisions?
The King
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Did the king have to display good military skills?
Yes - to make sure that laws were made and obeyed
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Did the King have to manage the Nobles?
Yes
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Why did the King have to manage the Nobles?
Because he needed his nobles to cooperate with him and to be able to control them
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Who was the most important of the Nobles?
The Earls
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How many Earls where there? Why was they so important?
About six Earls. They was important because they was powerful landowners
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Who would the King ask for advice from?
The Witan
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What is a Witan?
A Witan is a 'meeting of wise men'
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What was the Witan? How did they help the King?
They were powerful Nobles. They offered the King their views.
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Could the Witan make recommendations if the king wanted advice on the succession?
Yes they could.
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What did the Earls control?
They controlled large areas of England.
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What was the most important earldoms called?
Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria and East Anglia.
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What were the Earls jobs?
To governed their areas, prevent rebellions, upheld the law and raised armies.
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Who where the Thegns?
They were noble men.
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What did the Thegns do for the king?
They held their lands directly from the king.
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Why did the King let the Thegns have land?
In return for military service if they went to war.
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Where the Thegns powerful then the Earls?
No
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To ensure good government in the earldoms, what happened to the land?
It got divided up into 2.
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What was the name of the earldoms?
Shires and Hundreds
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Who looked after the Shires?
Sheriffs
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Who looked after the Hundreds?
Reeves
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What is a Hundred?
A subdivision of a Shire, having its own court.
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What is a Shire?
A county area in England
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What Is a Reeve?
A local official in particular the chief law officer of a town or a district in Anglo-Saxon England.
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What is a Sheriff?
The Chief officer of the Crown in a shire, having various administrative and judicial functions.
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What do we mean by Anglo-Saxon England?
The period of history of Britain known as England from the fifth century until the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
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