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History: The Norman Conquest: 1 of 2                                                                                                 Maths: 1 of 10


 Timeline  Supporting information:

 1065  Edward the Confessor, King of
 England, dies leaving no heir
 1066  Duke William of Normany defeated
 Harold Godwinson at the Battle of
 One of the main sources of evidence about the Norman Conquest of England comes from an embroidered cloth which was made to
 Hastings.  record the events surrounding the battle. It still survives today – over 950 years later. It is called the Bayeaux Tapestry and is over 70
 1086  Domesday Book was written.  metres long and shows more than 70 scenes surrounding the Norman Conquest. Here you can see the invasion fleet.
 1095-99  The First Crusade.  In order to control the land of England, William had to use a new
 1170  Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of   piece of building technology called the Motte and Bailey castle. The
 Canterbury, murdered.  keep was a fortified tower on top of an earth hill called a motte.
 Linked to this was a bailey which was a fortified hamlet containing
 1187  Muslim forces recapture Jerusalem  buildings to store animals, weapons and food and allow soldiers to
 The Third Crusade.  sleep in safety. The soldiers could ride out and dominate the land
 1192  King John signed the Magna Carta   within a day’s ride – about 15 miles in all directions.
 1215  stating that the king had to obey the  Core Questions:
 laws.  Q1. Who were the main threats to Harold in January 1066?  A1. Harald Hardrada the King of Norway and William Duke of
 King Henry II agreed to meetings   Q2. What periods were the Middle Ages between?  Normandy.
 1250  called parliaments.  A2. After the Ancient Greeks and Romans but before the
 Q3. What was the population of England in the 1060s?  Renaissance of the 16  and 17  Century.
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 Edward I conquered Wales and built   Q4. What did the Saxons build rather than castles?  A3. 2 million.
 1280s & 1290s  castles to control it.  Q5. What made collecting taxes easier?  A4. Burghs or fortified towns.
 A5. Dividing the country into Shires (equal to modern counties).
 English defeated by the Scottish at
 Q6. Who made up the Saxon army?  A6. 3,000 housecarls together with a Fyrd from each Shire
 1314  The Battle of Bannockburn.  which were groups of untrained farmers.
 Famine afflicted England due to bad  Q7. Where did Saxons worship?  A7. Saxons were Christian and gathered around stone crosses
 1316-22  harvests.  or in small wooden churches.
 Q8. Who were the Earls in Saxon England?  A8. The Earls were powerful men who owned huge areas of
 First recorded use of gunpowder in
 land in England before 1066.
 1327  battle in England.  Q9. What happened at Stamford Bridge?  A9. Harald Hardrada and his Viking army were defeated by
 The Black Death struck England.  Harold Godwinson and the Saxons in North East England.
 1348  The Peasants Revolt.  A10. William ordered the burning and destruction of villages
 Q10. How did William force Harold to move quickly into a   around Hastings.
 1381  French defeated at the Battle of   battle?  A11. They had marched south very quickly from the earlier
 1415  Agincourt.  Q11. Why were the Saxons tired before the Battle of   battle at Stamford Bridge.
 Hastings?
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