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Anglo saxon - theme 3
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sheriff
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they did a lot of land grabbing the people had nobody to complain to due to their power. made them unpopular
Lanfranc reforms
he wanted priests to live spiritual lives - no marriages and made celibacy (no sex) compulsory for priests.
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Government -
William centralised power so he had total control. He owned all the land and no one was powerful enough to challenge him.
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The forest - William liked hunting and kept as much land as demesne -for his own use. made new areas into forests protected for hunting.
significance - showed power of king, extending forest inc the amount of land William owned, basically land grabbing so made land grabbing by sheriffs more acceptable
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The domesday book - 1085 William ordered a survey of England, who held what land. Results written up in book.
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legal - help solve land disputes,
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William II crownded, sep 1087. Odo rebelled against him, joined by Robert, Odo escaped but eventually surrendered after Robert didn't come to support him.
William was unpopular but promised to overturn many of the hated parts of norman rule. eg high taxes and the forests. however he went back on all of them
Norman aristocracy - aristocrats liked to show off their money, built huge expensive cathedrals, churches and castles, males aristocrats shaved the back of their heads ( pending time on appearance was a luxury), they were very religious, believed in penance
bishop odo - Williams Half brother, illegally taking land inc from the church, william sent him to northumbria to deal with trouble, while he was there he damaged the region and robbed people. William put him in prison, was released when William died.
williams death - his servants stole everything, at his funeral, his corpse burst as squeezed into tomb. said Robert should inherit Normandy, William gets to be king.