Starter quiz
- Complete the sentence: The ______ met monthly and dealt with local disputes, minor criminal cases and local administrative issues such as tax collection.
- 'hundred court' ✓
- Complete the sentence: The ______ dealt with more serious criminal cases and land disputes, and also appeals from the hundred courts.
- 'shire court' ✓
- Which of the following did the Normans introduce to the justice and legal system in England?
- the role of a sheriff
- criminalisation of the use of resources from royal forests ✓
- more regular meeting of the courts
- the murdrum fine ✓
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- Who were royal justices?
- a sheriff who travelled around the country hearing cases in the king’s name
- a judge who travelled around the country hearing cases in the king’s name ✓
- a thegn who travelled around the country hearing cases in the king’s name
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- Which type of law was used to judge Church cases?
- Church law
- Lanfranc's law
- canon law ✓
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- Why were there very few changes to Anglo-Saxon laws in Norman England?
- William knew the pope had set the rules in England and did not want to change
- William agreed with all the existing laws and did not want to change anything
- William wanted to be seen as the guardian of the ‘Law of Edward’ ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which keyword describes something that is legal, right and accepted?
- 'legitimate' ✓
- Complete the sentence: ______ is the term used in history to mean things staying the same.
- 'Continuity' ✓
- Complete the sentence: After 1070, William abandoned plans for power sharing and put ______ in control of the government.
- 'Normans' ✓
- Who was able to keep their earldoms and role in government following their submission to William?
- Lanfranc and Stigand
- the Godwinsons
- Edwin and Morcar ✓
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- William had the power to take back land from those who had broken their oath of loyalty to him. What was that called?
- the right of inheritance
- the right of forfeiture ✓
- the right of tenure
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- Match the examples to whether they show change or continuity in Norman England.
- change⇔Domesday Book allowed the Normans to focus on central control ✓
- continuity⇔Domesday Book relied on Anglo-Saxon records and administration ✓
- change⇔the transfer of land to Normans ✓
- continuity⇔the relationships between lords and vassals ✓
- change⇔introduction of the murdrum fine and forest law ✓
- continuity⇔William governed England using the ‘law of Edward’ ✓
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Key learning points
- Continuity is the term used in history to mean things staying the same.
- William wanted to be accepted as the legitimate heir of Edward the Confessor.
- After 1070, William abandoned plans for power sharing and put Normans in control of the government of Norman England.
- Changes to landholding were rapid and significant but the feudal system was probably a much more gradual change.
- Norman government relied heavily on Anglo-Saxon government administration and legal systems.
Common misconception
As conquerors, the Normans could make any changes they wanted to.
The Normans were greatly outnumbered in England and William hoped to convince most English people that his was going to rule in the same way as King Edward the Confessor.
Keywords
Continuity - the term used in history to mean things staying the same
Legitimate - something that is legal, right and accepted
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