Anglo-Saxons section 3

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Feudal System structure
It was a hierarchy. Meant that every thing belonged to William and they all owed him service, money and loyalty. King-Tenants in chief-Under tenants-Peasants
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Feudal system
Meant that William had a ready made army but didn't have to pay to house them or for eqipment- the tenant in chief had to provide knight service (40 days) to the king in return for land.
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Tenants in chief
Provided knights, organised their land, gave some to their knights, enforced law and order, gave the king a percentage of their income and often served on the king's council (witan).
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Knights
6000 in Norman England. They had to guard their lords property, fight any threat to their lord, fight for up to 40 days for the king. They replaced thegns as the under-tenant. Many would be the local lord of the manor and would have local courts.
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Homage
Important ceremony, the baron would kneel in front of the king and promise to remain faithful to him for the rest of his life.
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Labour Service
Peasants would work the lords land in return for their own land.
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Lanfranc's reforms of the Anglo-Saxon church
He made it stricter, he accused Archbishop Stigand of being corrupt. Lanfranc banned marriage and made celibacy compulsory. Anglo-Saxon churches were knocked down and re-built in larger areas and got rid of many A-S church leaders.
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Normanisation of the Church
Church re-built in the Norman style, Norman bishops and archdeacons pass pro-William propaganda to the A-S people. Normans controlled 1/4 of all land to help protect against rebellion, new bishops paid homage to William, the king chose all new bishop
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Office of the Sheriff
Sheriffs grew in power, he collected tax and helped control the king's demesne. Sheriffs were all replaced by Normans, they answered to nobody but the king and they enforced law and order. Many disliked them, they grew rich from taxes and land-grabs.
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Demesne
The land that the king or tenant in chief kept for his own use. Pronounced 'de-mean'.
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Forest
William loved hunting so extended his demesne and created many new 'forests'- land reserved for hunting and protected by law. There were many laws to protect the animals and prevent damage to the vegetation.
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Significance of the forest
Showed the power of the king and the amount of land the king directly controlled. Harsh punishments showed the Norman brutality, another type of income from the fines.
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Domesday book
Survey of the land in England. Financial significance: A way of extractingmore money, Legal- helped to sort out legal disputes over land, military- to see how many knights he could raise for an army against potential Viking invasion.
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Norman Culture
Interested in building huge houses/castles/Cathedrals, saw this as showing power. Norman aristocrats shaved the backs of their heads and hunted- showed that they had time to spend on this. Brought in the idea of Chivalry linked to Christianity.
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Christian culture
Penance- all those who fought against the English at Hastings were ordered to atone for their sins, a year of penance for each man killed or by giving money to the Church to avoid Hell.
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Attitudes to the English
Norman clergy threw out A-S saint's relics, they disrepected them and the Normans thought they were superior. It was an insult to be called England.
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Norman landholding
A-S often shared land amongst their different family members.Normans left all land to one heir keeping it all together.
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Bishop Odo of Bayeux
William's half brother who helped him at Hastings.William rewarded him the earldom of Kent and many other estates, he was also made co-regent in the early days but showed his cruelty and greed to the A-S. In 1087 he was arrested.
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Succession crisis
WhenWilliam died, he passed the throne onto his second son, William Rufus, His first son, Robert, with the support of Odo tried to take the throne but failed, the got no support from the Norman aristocracy or A-S.
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Meant that William had a ready made army but didn't have to pay to house them or for eqipment- the tenant in chief had to provide knight service (40 days) to the king in return for land.

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Feudal system

Card 3

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Provided knights, organised their land, gave some to their knights, enforced law and order, gave the king a percentage of their income and often served on the king's council (witan).

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Card 4

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6000 in Norman England. They had to guard their lords property, fight any threat to their lord, fight for up to 40 days for the king. They replaced thegns as the under-tenant. Many would be the local lord of the manor and would have local courts.

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Card 5

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Important ceremony, the baron would kneel in front of the king and promise to remain faithful to him for the rest of his life.

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