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History (AQA)
Norman England: how far did Norman government change England?

Starter quiz

  • Match the keywords to the correct definitions.
    • overlord
      ⇔
      someone who granted land in return for service ✓
    • fief
      ⇔
      a parcel of land given by an overlord to a vassal ✓
    • homage
      ⇔
      to publicly submit and swear an oath of fealty (loyalty) to someone  ✓
    • vassal
      ⇔
      someone who provided a service to an overlord in return for land ✓
  • Which keyword refers to a hierarchical social system where people receive land to live and work on from those higher than them, and in return have to work and fight for them?
    • 'feudal' ✓
  • Select the missing words from this sentence: Holding land came with obligations such as paying ______, providing ______ service or ______ service.
    • fief
    • homage  ✓
    • knight  ✓
    • overlord
    • labour  ✓
  • Put the different levels of Anglo-Saxon social hierarchy in order, with 1 as the most powerful and 5 as the least powerful.
    • 1
      ⇔
      king
    • 2
      ⇔
      earls
    • 3
      ⇔
      thegns
    • 4
      ⇔
      peasants
    • 5
      ⇔
      enslaved people
  • Put the different levels of Norman social hierarchy in order, with 1 as the most powerful and 4 as the least powerful.
    • 1
      ⇔
      king
    • 2
      ⇔
      tenants-in-chief
    • 3
      ⇔
      knights
    • 4
      ⇔
      peasants
  • Why was the Norman hierarchy system important for maintaining William's authority?
    • It provided greater freedoms for peasants.
    • It provided regular sums of money to William.  ✓
    • It provided opportunities for William to show his piety.
    • It provided William with regular soldiers.  ✓
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