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Norman society
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- 1what was baronylands held by a baron
- 2what was a fiefland held by a vassal in return for service to a lord
- 3homagea public display of allegiance to a lord
- 4tenant in chiefsomeone who held fiefs directly from king
- 5vassalsomeone who held land from someone else in the feudal system
- 6hierarchysociety is organised into levels of importance each level obeying the one above
- 7what was knight servicethe duty to provide a knight or knights to the king for up to 40 days per year
- 8some knights were..... others were.....as poor as peasants.... very powerful
- 9what did they dothe knights guarded the kings castles
- 10four roles of tenants in chiefmilitary, social, economic, political
- 11militaryfought for the king and led knights
- 12sociallaw courts
- 13economicpaid tax to king from revenue
- 14politicalserved as royal advisers
- 15what order was the feudal hierarchyWilliam
Tennants in chiefs, Lords, Bishops, Abbots
Undertennants, Vassals
Peasants some free but mostly bound to one Lord - 16what did william do for tennants in chiefs what did they do for himgranted land peace law and protection
gave loyalty, knight service, tax ran the country - 17what did tennants in chiefs do for under tenants what did they do for themgranted land and privileges
military service and tax - 18what did under tenants do for peasants what did peasants do for themprovided land and work
did the work paid rent - 19feudalism and militarymeant william had lots of knights without having to pay them
knights were expensive to equip and train but william needed lots - 20were the fyrd still a thingthey were more like a local militia
- 21feudalism and political powerforfeiture meant william had power to take land away and give it to others
nobody became too powerful - 22feudalism and peasantsmade sure rich stayed rich and poor stayed poor peasants were now bound to their lords though
- 23did normans or anglo saxon have power in the churchnormans
- 24church role in societymajor land holder
involved in law
praised king and was used to spread propaganda - 25church role in governmentclerks kept records and wrote writs because they could write
advise on legal matters
bishops and abbots were advisers to the king because of their education and godliness - 26who was stigandanglo saxon archbishop of Canterbury
- 27four reasons people didnt like him-pluralist bishop of more than one area to increase revenue
- simony giving out jobs in church in return for money
- stigand was given job by godwins not the church or the king
- lack of disciplining archbishops and bishops - 28who was lanfrancnorman strict archbishop
- 29what did lanfranc wantarchbishop of Canterbury to only be answerable to the pope and the king
- 30what did he doconvinced william that he should be in charge of the whole of the church in england
reorganised church councils and pushed reforms
archdeacons were brought in to control parish priests - 315 examples of normanisation of the churchstigand removed in 1070 only wulfstan remained as an anglo saxon bishop
every church and cathedral was rebuilt in norman style
whole church under central control
king approved all key church decisions
king controlled communication between church in england and the pope - 32three of lanfrancs reformspreists celibate and marriage was banned for them so they would be completely dedicated to God
Clergy not tried by normal courts, but by bishops courts
monasteries and nunneries were increased and nuns and monks no longer mixed with normal society
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- GCSE History (Anglo-Saxon) Flashcards on Norman society, created by Jemma Wills on 17/11/2022.
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