A-Level HISTORY (Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Kingdom C1053 - 1106) Flashcards on Monarchy, Government and Economy, created by Elisha Graham on 24/10/2017.
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What was the Danelaw and where was it established?
What Earldom did Alfred the Great control?
When the Vikings returned in the 10th Century, who were they led by?
When the Vikings returned in the 10th Century, which Saxon King was defeated?
Which Danish King established control over all 4 Kingdoms in 1016?
Who were the claimants to the throne in 1035?
Who could be king?
Who had the sole right to make the laws?
Who was responsible for the defence of the kingdom and keeping the king's peace?
Who governed the localities and how?
Who decided on domestic and foreign policies?
Who was the only person with the right to mint coins?
Who advised the king and assisted the government?
Who was in the Witan?
Who made up the kings household servents?
What was the thegns job?
What was the stallers job?
What was the priests and clerks job?
What was the housecarls job?
Who were the kings administrative servents?
What was the thegns administrative job?
What was the reeves job?
What was the shire reeves job?
Who was the only person with the right to raise an army?
What was an earls jobs?
How did someone become an earl?
What were the duties of an earl considered to be?
What was a shire?
What was a hundred?
What was the Vikings version of a hundred?
What was the Vikings version of a Shire?
What was a hide?
What was the Viking version of a hide?
What did the tenents of hide land have to do?
What was an ordeal?
How often did the Shire Court meet?
What sort of cases were the shire courts concernded with?
Who were in charge of the shire courts?
How often did the hundred meet?
What was the main judicial purpose of the hundred court?
What were the hundred responsible for?
Who held the hundred courts?
When housecarls were pensioned off, what could they receive?
What and why did the thegns owe the king?
What was the fyrd?
How long did the fyrd have to serve for?
What three groups was Anglo-Saxon society organised into?
Who was at the top of Anglo-Saxon society?
Who was at the bottom of Anglo-Saxon society?
What was so special about book-land?
What was the official religion of England?
Who were the two Archbishops?
What was still common for priests to do in England that was seen as backwards?
How was the Church funded?
Why did the English church refuse to accept Stigand as archbishop?
Why did tenants have to pay taxes?
What was the Danegeld?
Who collected taxes?
How many pennies were they to a shilling?
How many shillings were they to a pound?
How often did English coins have to be traded in for re-striking and why?
Who traded with Ireland?
Who traded with the Rhineland, the Low Countries and France?
Did England import or export more?
How many towns had a population of over 1000?
How many inhabitants did London have?
