What were the different classes in Anglo-Saxon society in order of highest to lowest
Earls, Thegns, Ceorls and Thralls
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How many shillings do you pay as punishmen for killing a Ceorls
200 shillings
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Who were the aristocrats of this time
The thegns
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What is the name of the Earl who had much more power than the king
Harold Godwinson
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What were the thralls treated like
Property - They had no rights and could be sent from Thegn to Thegn
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Who were the Ealdormen
The ealdormen or earls were the closest men to the king and commanded the kings provinces for him
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Was the class system fixed
No- people could move between each class as much as they liked, so long as they could afford it
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What did ceorls owe to the king
They owed military service and tax in the form of food
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How equal were marriages
They were quite equal as the women were respected and the money they earned was shared, also if they got divorced, they would both get an equal amount of money
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What was the wergild
the wergild was a tax paid if you injured or killed someone, if you didn't pay this fee than the victims family were allowed to kill you
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who were the witan
the witan were a group of the most powerful people in the country who advised the king and chose his heir
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what were the three duties of the people
they had to pay their tax, use the kings coin and not forge any fakes and they had to obey the laws
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what were the 5 powers of the king
the king could set the tax, choose who got what land and take it from people, raise a national army, make all the money and make all of the laws
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what was an earldom
an earldom was a way of splitting the country into smaller more manageable pieces
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name all of the measurements of land in order from biggest to smallest
earldom, shire, hundred, tithing
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what were the earls jobs
Building up an army to send to the king at his command, collecting the tax and overseeing the legal action in their earldom
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what was a shire reeve
a shire reeve was a representative of the king
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who judged the court of a shire
the shire reeve
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what is a Burh
it was a fortified town in the middle of the shire which acted as the center for trade and administrative duties in the shire
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what was a fyrd
a fyrd was an army made up of normal people.
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Card 2
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How many shillings do you pay as punishmen for killing a Ceorls
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200 shillings
Card 3
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Who were the aristocrats of this time
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Card 4
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What is the name of the Earl who had much more power than the king
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