Starter quiz
- Which keyword describes the language spoken by ordinary people in a region or country?
- 'vernacular' ✓
- Which keyword describes the ability to choose and appoint bishops and abbots?
- 'investiture' ✓
- Which topics does 'Norman conquest and control' not cover?
- feudalism and government ✓
- causes of the conquest
- monasticism ✓
- military aspects
- monasticism ✓
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- Which topics does 'Life under the Normans' not cover?
- feudalism and government
- economic and social changes and their consequences
- the Church ✓
- military aspects ✓
- monasticism ✓
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- Which of the following relate to Norman feudalism and government?
- landholding and lordship ✓
- Forest law
- Domesday Book ✓
- Battle of Stamford Bridge
- land distribution ✓
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- Which of the following relate to causes of the Norman conquest?
- revolts, 1067-1075
- Battle of Hastings
- claimants and claims ✓
- Edward the Confessor ✓
- William I’s leadership and government
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Exit quiz
- Which keyword describes a direct or first-hand piece of evidence from the past?
- 'Source' ✓
- Which keyword describes what is happening at the time of a historical event, possibly shaping it?
- 'historical context' ✓
- Complete the sentence: Three types of sources most useful for learning about Norman England are ______, text sources and ...
- written sources
- visual sources ✓
- material sources ✓
- painting sources
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- Which of the following are limitations of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a source about Norman England?
- some events are only described briefly, or vaguely ✓
- written within a year of the events it describes
- provides insights as to how the English felt about Normans
- accounts are often biased about Norman actions ✓
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- Who wrote ‘Gesta Guillelmi’?
- Harold Godwinson
- William of Normandy
- William of Poitiers ✓
- William II
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- Which of the following are strengths of Norman material sources?
- not rewritten or recorded by later writers ✓
- have often been remodelled, extended or damaged
- buildings provide evidence of technology and engineering skills ✓
- surviving buildings for ordinary people are very rare
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Key learning points
- Different types of sources provide insights into the historical context of Norman England.
- Three types of sources are visual sources, text sources and material sources.
- Each type of source has strengths and limitations.
Common misconception
There are relatively few sources for Norman England, so historians have less to say about this period than later periods of English history.
Historians have plenty to say about Norman England because they are able to interpret the sources available in many different ways to support many different theories.
Keywords
Source - a direct or first-hand piece of evidence from the past
Historical context - what is happening at the time of a historical event, possibly shaping it
Contemporary - from the same time as something
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