Mind map

The impact of the Norman conquest on British Society

Sharim Velasquez Spanish

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The Harrying of the North
- Caused by defiance against William I
- Villages were burned
  - Food shortages
  - Starvation
Anglo-Saxon elite
- Replaced by Franco-Normans
Links with other countries
- Closer to France
- Broken with Scandinavia
The Domesday book
- Extensive survey
  - Value of homes and goods
- Administrative tool
  - Helped taxation
Construction of castles
- In response to local rebellions
  - Defensive points
- To help secure the Norman power
  - military
  - political
- large amounts of land
Feudal System
- Wealth and land for loyalty
- King at the top
  - Lords with lands
    - Vassals
- Government method
Religion
- Converted the Christian Church into Roman Catholic
- Changes in organization
  - Normans in upper reaches of church
  - Services
    - Civil service
    - Education system
- New Cathedrals
Changes in language
- Addition of Anglo-Norman French
  - Ruling Clases
  - Government
  - Church
  - Law
- Anglo-Saxon English
  - Tongue of lower classes
Laws
- The Forest law
  - For extracting resources from the royal forest
  - Cruel punishments
    - being blinded
    - Mutilation
- Canon law
  - local church
- Trial by battle
- Fines
  - Murdrum Fines
    - Norman killed by a unidentified person
      - English community fined
  - Wergild
    - Compensation to the victim's family
Increased use of writing
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