Anglo saxon and Norman england

What was the approximate population of Anglo-Saxon England?

Who was the king of England from 1042 to 1066?

What were local lords who lived in a manor house and held more than 5 hides of land called?

What name was given to peasants who were free to move and work for another lord?

Approximately what percentage of the population did slaves make up in Anglo-Saxon England?

What was the council of advisers to the king made up of important people like earls and archbishops called?

What was a hide?

What was the army in Anglo-Saxon England called?

What was the tax on land originally used to pay off the Vikings called?

What system of financial compensation replaced blood feuds in Anglo-Saxon legal cases?

What was the Wergild compensation value for a ceorl?

What was the Wergild compensation value for a thegn?

What was the Wergild compensation value for an earl or archbishop?

What was a fortified main town in each shire called?

Who made Earl Godwin Earl of Wessex in 1018?

Who succeeded Earl Godwin as Earl of Wessex in 1053?

Which earldom did Tostig Godwinson become Earl of in 1055?

Which earldom did Leofwine Godwinson receive in 1057?

Which earldom did Gyrth Godwinson receive in 1057?

Who was given to Edward the Confessor as a hostage in 1051?

Who married Edward the Confessor in 1045?

Who led the 1065 uprising against Earl Tostig in Northumbria?

Who was invited by the rebels to be the new Earl of Northumbria in 1065?

When did Edward the Confessor die?

When was Harold Godwinson crowned king of England?

Who defeated Morcar and Edwin at the Battle of Gate Fulford on 20th September 1066?

Who won the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25th September 1066?

When did the Normans land at Pevensey Bay?

When was the Battle of Hastings fought?

Who was elected as king by the Witan after the Battle of Hastings?

Where did the English nobles submit to William and swear an oath to obey him?

When was William I crowned king of England?

Who was given the earldom of Kent by William I?

Who was made Earl of north Northumbria by William?

Which three new earldoms did William establish along the border with Wales?

Who was given the Earldom of Chester?

Who was given the Earldom of Shrewsbury?

Who was given the Earldom of Hereford?

What was the strong wooden fence surrounding a Norman castle called?

What was the large mound of earth on which a castle keep stood called?

What was the strong wooden tower on top of the motte called?

What was the enclosure below the motte containing barracks and stables called?

Who was killed in Durham after violently attacking towns and villages in northern Northumbria?

Which Danish king sent a fleet to join Edgar's forces in September 1069?

Where did Hereward the Wake set up his base of operations with the Danes in 1070?

Approximately how many people died as a result of the Harrying of the North?

What percentage of Yorkshire was still classed as waste in the 1086 Domesday survey?

What were large landholders who held their land directly from the king called?

What form of land tenure involved landholders being given a document by their lord to show their right to the land?

What form of land tenure involved land being loaned for a set amount of time in exchange for money?

Who led the Revolt of the Earls in 1075?

Who was left in charge of England as regent while William was in Normandy during 1073?

Which last surviving Anglo-Saxon earl was executed in 1076 for his part in the 1075 revolt?

What was land granted in return for military service or obligations called?

How many days did standard knight service last?

What payment did a landholder's heir have to pay to use the land after the landholder died?

What ceremony of homage did landholders perform where they promised loyalty on the Bible to William?

What was the work that peasants did in return for using the land called?

What was the punishment for breaking the agreement between a landholder and tenant where land was taken away?

Who was the last Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury?

Who replaced Stigand as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1070?

Who was the only Anglo-Saxon bishop left in England after 1070?

What courts were priests tried in from 1076 onwards under Lanfranc's reforms?

What name was given to the land kept by the king for his own use?

When did William order the survey that resulted in the Domesday Book?

In what year was the Domesday Book produced?

What was the nickname of William's eldest son, Robert?

Which of William's sons was his favorite and inherited England?

When did William I die after being thrown from his horse?