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Y102: Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1107

William I and the government and administration of England: the Church, towns and countryside, and the Domesday survey

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Recall questions on Lanfranc and the reorganised English Church, papal authority, Norman military organisation, changes in towns and countryside, and how and why the Domesday survey was made.

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Why did the survey acquire the name Domesday?

Key term

Give two structural changes made to the English Church under William.

Key term

Give two changes affecting English towns after the conquest.

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    Who replaced Stigand, and what did he do?

    Model answer

    Lanfranc became Archbishop of Canterbury and reorganised the English Church through reforming councils, asserting the primacy of Canterbury and replacing English bishops and abbots with Normans.

  2. 2

    Give two structural changes made to the English Church under William.

    Model answer

    Church courts were separated from the shire courts so that spiritual cases were heard by ecclesiastical judges, and several bishoprics were moved from villages to major towns.

  3. 3

    How did William define the limits of papal authority in England?

    Model answer

    He insisted that no pope be recognised, no papal letter received and no church council legislate in England without his consent, and he refused to do fealty to the pope for his kingdom.

  4. 4

    Describe the military organisation of Norman England.

    Model answer

    It rested on castles held by garrisons, on knight service owed by tenants-in-chief, on paid household knights and mercenaries, and on the surviving English levy which was still called out.

  5. 5

    Give two changes affecting English towns after the conquest.

    Model answer

    French quarters of merchants and settlers grew up in the larger boroughs and Jewish communities were brought over from Normandy, while houses were destroyed to make room for castles.

  6. 6

    Describe the main changes in the countryside under William.

    Model answer

    Estates were consolidated under Norman lords, the numbers of free peasants fell as their status was pushed downwards, slavery declined, and large areas were placed under forest law for royal hunting.

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