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Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053–1106

Changes in towns and villages

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Recall questions on castles driven through the boroughs, shifting trade patterns, the arrival of the Jews, the royal forests and forest law, and the decline of slavery.

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Who and when

How did the conquest affect English towns?

Who and when

How did trading patterns change after 1066?

Key term

What was village life like in this period?

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  1. 1

    What harsh code protected royal hunting grounds and reserved game to the king?

    Model answer

    Forest law.

  2. 2

    How did the conquest affect English towns?

    Model answer

    Castles were driven through them, destroying houses at York, Lincoln and Norwich, and many boroughs record waste and reduced values in Domesday.

  3. 3

    How did trading patterns change after 1066?

    Model answer

    Links with Scandinavia weakened while those with Normandy and northern France strengthened, and Norman and Jewish merchants settled in the towns.

  4. 4

    What was the position of Jews in Norman England?

    Model answer

    They came from Rouen after the conquest under royal protection, lived mainly in the towns, and were used by the crown as a source of credit and revenue.

  5. 5

    What was village life like in this period?

    Model answer

    Nucleated villages farming open fields, with obligations of rent and labour service to the lord, and community regulation of ploughing and grazing.

  6. 6

    What were the royal forests?

    Model answer

    Large areas, including the New Forest, reserved for the king's hunting, which were not necessarily wooded and might include villages and farmland.

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