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Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88

Anglo-Saxon resistance, 1068–71

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The revolt of Edwin and Morcar, the northern rebellions of 1069 and the loss of York, Hereward the Wake at Ely, and why the risings were defeated one at a time.

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How did Anglo-Saxon resistance to William develop between 1068 and 1069?

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Why did Earls Edwin and Morcar revolt in 1068?

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How was the revolt of Edwin and Morcar put down?

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  1. 1

    Why did Earls Edwin and Morcar revolt in 1068?

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    They had steadily lost land and influence since 1066, Edwin’s promised marriage to William’s daughter had not taken place, and heavy taxes were resented in their earldoms.

  2. 2

    How was the revolt of Edwin and Morcar put down?

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    William marched north raising castles at Warwick, Nottingham and York as he went, and the earls submitted without a battle being fought.

  3. 3

    Who supported Edgar the Aethling in the northern rebellions of 1069?

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    Northumbrian nobles, King Malcolm of Scotland, and King Sweyn of Denmark, who sent a large fleet into the Humber.

  4. 4

    What set off the rising in the north in 1069?

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    The killing at Durham of Robert Cumin, the Norman earl William had sent to govern the region, together with hundreds of his men.

  5. 5

    What was the worst Norman loss during the northern rebellions of 1069?

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    The rebels and the Danish fleet took York and destroyed the garrison of its two castles.

  6. 6

    How did William bring the northern rebellions to an end?

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    He paid the Danish fleet to go home, retook York, and then laid the region waste so that no army could be supplied from it again.

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