Course overview - Study Period 3 and 4
At the start of the summer term, Cohort 10 learners will be continuing their study of the Norman Conquest of England. This unit sees learners studying the AQA British Depth Study Norman England 1066-c.1100. This option allows students to study in depth the arrival of the Normans and the establishment of their rule. The depth study will focus on major aspects of Norman rule, considered from economic, religious, political, social and cultural standpoints of this period and arising contemporary and historical controversies. During this term, learners will focus on the events after 1066 and the battles of Stamford Bridge and Hastings following the succession crisis that resulted from the death of Edward the confessor. They will be examining the uprisings against the normans, and the legal, social and religious changes made by William the conqueror.
Key Concept:
Significance, Causes and consequence, change and continuity
Assessment Points:
C10 mocks
Guidance:
Learners will receive guidance in a variety of ways. These include marked assessments, reports, feedback in books, 1:1 interaction, Google Classroom and close the gap activities.
Key Vocabulary:
Succession crisis - where there is no clear successor to the throne and people fight to claim power.
Witan - Kings advisors
Earl -A man of great influence who ran his own area of the country or 'earldom'.
Novissima Verba -To be promised a throne on a deathbed.
Coronation- The crowning of the next King or Queen.
Fyrd- Ordinary, peasant soldiers.
thegns - Knights who could be called on to fight if needed.
Shield wall -The Saxon tactic of forming a wall of interlocked shields to defend a position.
Infantry - Soldiers trained to fight on foot.
Cavalry - Soldiers who fought on horseback
papal banner - A banner given to William by the Pope to show his support for the invasion of England.
Housecarls - Full-time professional soldiers of the Anglo-Saxon arm
Harrying of the North - the brutal response of William to uprisings in the north.
Sheriff - The king’s chief legal officer in an area.
Primogeniture - A process where the eldest son inherited the land and title from his father.
Murdrum - fines If a Norman earl was murdered then the entire area where that criminal lived would be fined.
Fallow Fields - fields that were left to lie empty for a year or two.
Serfs/Villeins - Poorest peasants Freeman Group of peasants that lived in the manor but still had to pay rent.
Dioceses - Area of land served by the church/cathedral #
Archdeaconries - The district for which an archdeacon is responsible.
Deaneries - Group of parishes looked over by a rural dean.