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TOPIC 3 - NORMAN ENGLAND - Coggle Diagram
TOPIC 3 - NORMAN ENGLAND
FEUDAL HIERARCHY
KEY TERMS
BARONY
Lands held by a baron (landowner)
FIEF (OR FEUD)
Land held by a vassal in return for service to a lord
HOMAGE
Public display of allegiance
TENANT-IN-CHEIF
Someone who held there fiefs directly from King
VASSAL
Someone who held land from Someone else in the Feudal system
HIERARCHY
Society is organised in levels of importance
WHAT IS THE FEUDAL HIERACRHY?
WILLIAM I
TENANTS-IN-CHEIF (LORDS, BISHOPS, ABBOTS)
Fought for King + led knights
Dealt with land disputes
Paid King a tax
Royal advisers
UNDER TENANTS (VASSALS)
PEASENTS
Sometimes free - but often bound to a Lord
KNIGHT SERVICE
Some were powerful nobles
Had to be equipped + given money to live on during service
Some have not got much more land than Peasents
Sometimes had to guard the Kings castles
Provide service to King for 40 days a year
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
IMPORTANCE OF THE CHURCH
IN SOCIETY
IN GOV
LANFRANCS REFORMS
CRITICISMS OF STIGAND
CHANGES TO GOV
ROLE OF THE EARLS
WILLIAM I CENTRALISATION
ROLE OF THE REGENTS
NATURE OF FEUDALISM
FEUDALISM + MILITARY POWER
FEUDALISM + POLITICAL POWER
FEUDALISM + PEASANTS
THE EXTENT OF CHANGE
ANGLO SAXON SOCIETY VS NORMAN SOCIETY
CHANGE
CONTINUETY
BISHOP ODO
SHERIFF + THE FOREST
ANGLO SAXON SOCIETY
NORMAN SOCIETY
FOREST LAWS
WILLIAM'S PERSONALITY
NORMAN ARISTOCRACY
LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
NORMAN-FRENCH
LATIN
For official writing
ARISTOCRATIC CULTURE
NORMAN CULTURE
DOMESDAY BOOK
DOMESDAY SURVEY
FINANCIAL
Knew how much to tax people
Figured out how inherited what
LEGAL
Helped set out legal disputes, who owned what
MILITARY
Decided largely as the threat of Viking invasion
Wabted to see how many knights he could rely on