NORMAN

CONQUEST of
ENGLAND
1066 CE
Who were the
normans?
 Normans are Vikings who
moved and settled in the coast
of France
- Moved to northern france
- The French king, gives land to
them and made the
agreement with ‘Rollo’
- The land known as
Northmannia and later called
Normandy
- In 1000, they became french
speaking christians

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Maps
Map of Norman events in 1066

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Castle network map

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Rise
Why they should be the king of England
Harold Godwinson (his sister married to Edward)

- Not a blood relative of King Edward

- Most powerful nobel in England (supported by other
nobles)
- experienced in government.
- He claimed that he had witnessed Edward saying he should
be the next King of England

Harald hardrada

- Had direct heir to King Cnut of England (1016)

- He was supported by Tostig, Godwinson’s brother

William of Normandy

- Edward the Confessor’s cousin

- One time, Harold had shipwrecked at Normandy and
promised him to the throne for helping him
- He’s great ruler of Normandy

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- After the death of Edward the confessor, his
brother in law, Harold Godwinson accessed the
throne.
- The new of the accession spread out and Harald
Hardrada and William the Duke started planning
for the invasion.
- Harald Brought his army to the north at stamford -
bridge at Yorkshire and began the invasion
- After, Harold godwinson knew the invasion, he
suddenly moved his army to the north and
fought back. This event is called”the battle of
stamford” and Harold won the battle.
- Around the same time, William sailed to the
south and invaded hasting city.
After a short time, Harold knew the invasion
and brought his weaken army for defence. This
event was called “the battle of hastings”.
- William won the battle and succeeded the
throne as William the conqueror of England.
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Timeline

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Stephen

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Fall
 The fall of the norman conquest was when
Henry I died and Matilda’s son named Henry of
Anjou accessed the throne. Since Henry I was
a bad king, people decided choose Henry of
Anjou to succeed the throne as Henry II. Due
to the marriage of Matilda and the German
emperor, Henry V, it made Henry became
blood relative with the Anjou family and
became the first Plantagenet king of England.

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Government
How did William take long term
control of England?
William used the methods of control that he was most
familiar with: castles and the feudal system. But he
also adopted a new method in the form of the
Domesday Book.

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Castles
-for protection, controlling people
● William had new, loyal nobles from Normandy build over 100
castles all over the country. They were built extremely quickly,
some in just eight days! From their castles, the new Norman lords
could control the local area, and the sight of them made it clear
who was now in control.

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Windsor Castle
the first in a series of nine castles
that England's King William built
around London.

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Norwich castle
William the Conqueror
(1066–1087) ordered its
construction because he
wished to have a fortified
place in the town of Norwich.

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The Domesday book
● the book was the end result of a survey of all of England by
William to assess the value of the country. It took his two sets
of officials a year to complete.
● The questions concerned the value of farms and animals which
created England’s wealth at the time.
● checked answers to see if they had told the truth.
● It was a royal survey of all England for administration and tax
purposes so that william can manage the taxes that he would get
from them.

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The feudal system
★ The feudal system was ● William could not be everywhere at the same time.
introduced to England ● To solve this, he lent parcels LANDS of his new
following the invasion lands to nobles, or barons, as they were called at
and conquest of the the time. In return for loyalty and taxes, they could
country by William I, The use the land.
Conqueror. ● The barons then loaned the land to knights who in
turn loaned it to peasants who then did all of the
hard farming work!
● If the barons betrayed William, they would lose
their land, and the wealth that came with it.

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Cities
 Hastings

● The battle of hasting

● Hastings began as a
Saxon settlement.
● Hastings began as a
Saxon settlement. After
the Norman Conquest in
1066 a castle was built
at Hastings.

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 Worthing
● began as a Saxon village
● have been called Worth or Wurtha ingas
which means the settlement (belonging to)
the people of Worth or Wurtha..

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 Nottingham

● the village owned by Snotta

● William the Conqueror built a wooden castle to
guard Nottingham.
● A new area was created between the old town and
the castle.

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Economy
Economy
During the Norman conquest, there
were a lot of improvement in economy.
They had new trade pattern, education,
manufacturing and investment The
The agricultural economy was usually
commerce network had more
involved wheat, rye, oats and barleys
connection such as between English because the developed medieval village gave
and French. They mostly spent a lot in more land for agriculture. They exported
mostly tin, lead, silver, cloth, wool,
infrastructure such as buildings,
agricultural products and slaves
churches and facilities.

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Effects
Important effects
1.French replaces English as the language of the ruling class and becomes the official language
of politics and power and exerts enormous influence on old English
-Example word that end with le
-table ,restaurant, government

2. England begins unifying under the french political system.

3. the contact and especially trade between England and Continental Europe greatly
increased.

4. Feudalism..landowning class...own all land

5.Anglo-saxon nobles were killed...replaced by Norman barons

6.Made england under control of Roman Catholic church

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Language
 When William the Conqueror invades England, they
brought French language into England. During this period,
there are about thousands of French words entered
English.

45% of all English words have a French origin

Example apple, joy, parenthood

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Religion
★ William I use the reformation of churches
asa tool in his conquest on knights and
castles. Within a decade all Anglo-Saxon
bishops and abbots lost their positions in the
religion to the Normans.
★ Uses religion to control population

Baptism

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 REFERENCES
http://www.bmkids.org.uk/aston/changingtimes/norman/index.htm

https://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages/norman_conquest.php

http://arkglobe.org/sites/default/files/History%20Year%207%20Summer%202%20HW%20Booklet_1.pd
fhttps://www.historyonthenet.com/the-normans-who-were-the-normans

https://www.ancient.eu/article/1323/the-impact-of-the-norman-conquest-of-england/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_sCOVe1r_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUbTMNveRQU

https://www.totallytimelines.com/norman-conquest-1064-1077/

http://www.normanok.gov/content/our-government

http://www.localhistories.org/hastings.html

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Thank you!