Starter quiz
- Which keyword describes a person who pays for the use of land or a building?
- 'tenant' ✓
- Whose land did William *not* claim for the Normans?
- only the House of Godwin ✓
- all Anglo-Saxon earls ✓
- Anglo-Saxons who had fought against him
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- Which keyword describes the large Norman landholders who held land directly from the monarch?
- 'tenants-in-chief' ✓
- Complete the sentence: William used his control over England’s land to transfer power from Anglo-Saxons to ______.
- 'Normans' ✓
- Complete the sentence with this missing names: At first William allowed Earls ______ and ______ to keep their earldoms, to help him be accepted as England’s new king.
- Tostig and Godwin
- Edwin and Morcar ✓
- Gospatric and Odo
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- By 1086, what percentage of the land in England was held by Norman lords?
- 25%
- 50% ✓
- 75%
- 100%
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Exit quiz
- Match the keyword to the correct definition.
- Flanders⇔a region ruled by a count as a vassal of the king of France ✓
- prelate⇔a senior official in the Church, for example, a bishop or abbot ✓
- regent⇔person appointed to govern a country while the monarch is away or ill ✓
- Complete the sentence: At first, William planned to share government with ______ nobles and Church leaders.
- 'Anglo-Saxon' ✓
- Which of the following people were part of William’s government of England before 1070?
- Earl Edwin ✓
- Archbishop Stigand ✓
- Earl Tostig
- Earl Morcar ✓
- Archbishop Lanfrac
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- Which of the following statements relate to Odo?
- He was the Earl of Kent. ✓
- He was a Marcher earl.
- He was imprisoned in 1082. ✓
- He put down the Revolt of the Earls. ✓
- He put down Eadric the Wild's revolt.
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- Which of the following statements show the importance of Lanfranc to the government of Norman England?
- Lanfranc’s reforms were influential in how Church administration was organised. ✓
- Lanfrac married Matilda of Flanders to form an alliance.
- He was influential in his role as William’s regent in 1075. ✓
- He helped put down Eadric the Wild's revolt.
- He made sure that Church land was protected from land grabs. ✓
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- In what ways was Matilda of Flanders a key figure in Norman England?
- She made sure that Church land was protected from land grabs.
- She was the first person to be crowned queen of England. ✓
- Her role as regent in Normandy allowed William to go to England when he needed. ✓
- Her reforms were influential in how Church administration was organised.
- She was important in channeling English money into Church projects in Normandy. ✓
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Key learning points
- At first, William planned to share government with Anglo-Saxon nobles and Church leaders.
- After 1070, William replaced Anglo-Saxon nobles and churchmen with loyal Normans.
- William FitzOsbern and Odo of Bayeux were important figures in government.
- Lanfranc became a key figure in government after 1070.
- Matilda of Flanders became the first Queen of England, though was most influential as William's regent in Normandy.
Common misconception
William always planned to replace Anglo-Saxons in key government positions with loyal Normans.
At first, William intended to boost his claim to be the legitimate heir of Edward by keeping earls Edwin, Morcar and Waltheof in place in his government of England - alongside new earls such as Earl Odo of Kent or Earl William of Hereford.
Keywords
Prelate - a senior official in the Church, for example, a bishop or abbot
Regent - a person appointed to govern a country while the monarch is away or ill
Flanders - a region (now in modern-day Belgium and France) ruled in the medieval period by a count as a vassal of the king of France
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