Starter quiz
- Which word describes a member of the Scandinavian seafaring people who raided Britain from the late 8th century?
- 'Viking' ✓
- Complete the sentence: The Anglo-Saxon defeat against the Vikings in the 991 Battle of Maldon led to the ...
- 'Danegeld' ✓
- Which empire did England become part of under King Cnut?
- Mongol Empire
- North Sea Empire ✓
- Byzantine Empire
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- Who did King Cnut marry in 1017 once he became king of England?
- Lagertha
- Freydís Eiríksdóttir
- Emma of Normandy ✓
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- When was the St Brice’s Day Massacre?
- 793
- 1002 ✓
- 1016
- 1035
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- Match the factors to the correct reasons for the invasion of England by the Danish Vikings in 1013.
- key individuals⇔Gunhilde, the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, was killed at the massacre ✓
- government⇔Aethelred’s decision to order the St Brice’s Day Massacre ✓
- economic resources⇔the Danegeld encouraged the Vikings to return frequently ✓
Exit quiz
- Who was crowned as the king of England on 6th January 1066?
- Edward the Confessor
- Harold Godwinson ✓
- William of Normandy
- Edgar Aetheling
- Harald Hardrada
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- William of Normandy's invasion of England began when he landed his army at...
- 'Pevensey' ✓
- Which statement best describes the changes that took place to land ownership under the Normans?
- William retained almost all of the Anglo-Saxon landholders.
- William replaced almost all of the Anglo-Saxon landholders with Normans. ✓
- William replaced every single Anglo-Saxon landholder with Normans.
- William retained all of the Anglo-Saxon landholders.
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- Under Norman rule, all the land was owned by the...
- 'king' ✓
- Which was the only Anglo-Saxon cathedral not to be knocked down and rebuilt by the Normans?
- Canterbury
- Durham
- Winchester
- York
- Westminster Abbey ✓
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- More than ______% of English words used today derive from Anglo-Norman.
- '50' ✓
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Key learning points
- In 1066, the English King, Edward the Confessor, died without an heir, triggering a succession crisis.
- William of Normandy believed he was the rightful heir and that Edward had promised him the throne.
- William invaded England in 1066 and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings.
- Almost all Anglo-Saxons lost land which was transferred to the Normans in the creation of the feudal system.
- The Normans built a number of new buildings such as castles and monasteries and reformed the English Church.
Common misconception
England had not been invaded before the Norman Conquest.
Britain had been invaded many times before the Norman Conquest: by the Romans, the tribes known as Angles and Saxons and by the Vikings.
Keywords
Normans - the people who settled in Normandy in the 10th century
Succession - the right or sequence of inheriting a title or position
Monasteries - a building housing a community of monks
Feudal system - the social system introduced to England by the Normans, which greatly increased the power of the king
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