The Guide On

How To
Control
England
Norman Castles
What sort of castles did William and the Normans
build?
Why did William build these castles?
How did these castles help William control the
local population?
How effective do you think William's castles were
in helping him stay in control of England?
Norman Castles
. William built Motte and bailey castles that were made out of
wood but they soon changed to stone castles.
. William built these castle because it gave protection from
angry Englishman and they could see where they were attacking
from the tall hill.
. The castles were used for trading and to also quickly control
the English but they burned the castles, so they built it in stone.
. It was pretty effective but it could’ve had more barriers and
more signs to make the English get terrified not to attack
William.
Norman castles
William II, What are you going to do with the motte
and bailey castles? Are you going to make even more?
Are you going to upgrade it?
You should make more but not to much because it
could be used by your enemies. You should also make
it even more protective and have more and more people
in the area.
The Domesday Book
What was the Domesday book?
What sort of information did
William collect from people and put
in the Domesday Book?
Why was this information useful to
William and how did it help him to
stay in control of England?
The Domesday Book
. The Domesday Book was used to
keep track of people’s thing
. They collected information about
their crops what they bought and
their livestock
. So he could track how much
people are working, using animals
and buying things and that helped
him make it a organised country
The Domesday Book
What are you going to do with the Domesday book? Will you really need it or do you want to keep track
of what the people do?
It is your choice on what if you want to keep track of people crops and live stock because it helped
William to make the country more organised and people have a limit of how much things they sell and
buy.
The Feudal System
What was the feudal system? Why
did William create the feudal
system?
Provide a diagram that clearly
shows how the feudal system
operated.
How did the feudal system help
him to stay in control of England?
The Feudal System
. The feudal system was the role for
society like who was in the top and who
was in the bottom, William also created
it so everyone could have land fairly and
it worked so everyone had land.
. The feudal system helped people to
know who was who and what they are
supposed to do and he would give land
to who are in the higher role
The Feudal System
Are you going to change the feudal system of who gets land and how much you give?
You should keep the feudal system the same because everyone had land of what role they were and the
amount of land they got they didn’t complain and the people were not angry so keep it the same as it is so
everyone can be happy.