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

Dealing with opposition to the Normans

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Recall questions on the submission at Berkhamsted, the risings in the south west, the Harrying of the North, Hereward at Ely, and the Revolt of the Earls.

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How did William hold England after 1066?

Key term

What 1075 conspiracy of magnates against William is known as the Revolt of the Earls?

Who and when

What brutal campaign of 1069–70 did William launch to crush northern resistance?

Questions from this subtopic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

  1. 1

    What brutal campaign of 1069–70 did William launch to crush northern resistance?

    Model answer

    The Harrying of the North.

  2. 2

    Which rebel leader held out against the Normans at the Isle of Ely around 1070–71?

    Model answer

    Hereward the Wake.

  3. 3

    Which earl was executed in 1076 for his part in the Revolt of the Earls?

    Model answer

    Waltheof.

  4. 4

    What 1075 conspiracy of magnates against William is known as the Revolt of the Earls?

    Model answer

    The revolt of Ralph de Gael, Roger de Breteuil and Waltheof.

  5. 5

    What happened at the submission of the earls in 1066?

    Model answer

    Edwin, Morcar and Edgar the Aetheling submitted at Berkhamsted, and William initially confirmed English magnates in their positions to secure a peaceful settlement.

  6. 6

    What rebellions broke out in the south and west, 1067-69?

    Model answer

    Risings in Kent, Exeter under Harold's mother Gytha, and in the south west, together with raids by Harold's sons from Ireland, all suppressed by 1069.

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