Norman Conquest of England

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 Harold Godwinson

Harold Godwinson or Harold II

was the last Anglo-Saxon king
of England.

Anglo-Saxon refers to a people who have

inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.
Who was William, Duke of Normandy?

- Nickname:
William the Bastard

- Family connections:
He was the bastard son of Robert I the
Duke of Normandy.
William had six daughters and four son.

- Married:
Maltilda of Flanders
Who was William, Duke of Normandy?

- Date succeeded to the throne of

England:
In January 1067 at Westminster
Abbey, London

- Date when died:

At Saint-Gervais near Rouen,
France on 9th September 1087
Who was William, Duke of Normandy?

- Cause of the Death:

Riding accident when he fell from his horse.

- Why William the Conqueror was famous:

Victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Building great castles in England, including the Tower of London.
The Domesday Book. (Money book)
The Bayeux Tapestry. (Story Fabric)
The Norman Conquest and the 'Harrying of the North'.
Hereward the Wake
Explain the relationship between William and Edward the Confessor

King Edward I was:

great-great-great-great
grandson of William the
Conqueror

(father of Henry
Beauclerc above)
Explain the relationship between William and Edward the Confessor
Who was Harald Hardrada?
- Born: In Norway in 1015
- King of Norway from 1047 until September
25, 1066
- In September 1066:

Harald invaded England landing in Northern

region of the country with a force of around
15,000 men and 300 longships
 Who was Harald Hardrada?
- First battle: Fulford,

Two miles south of York

On 20 September

Won a great victory against the first English forces

- Battle: Stamford Bridge,

Outside York, on 25 September 1066

He suffered a massive defeat and was killed

How did William achieve victory at Hastings?

Duke William of Normandy won the battle because

1. Well prepared and had a good army.

2. Had knights on horseback who were skilful fighters.
3. He was skilful and ambitious, and determined to be King of
England.
4. In the Bayeux Tapestry, it shows his army getting ready,
embarking huge ships full of wood and supplies such as wine,
weapons, and horses.
5. There are also images of the knights in full battle armour
riding out to war.
How did the Norman conquest change England?

- Therefore lands and loyalty

- to a strong central authorit
with a hereditary succession

- The aristocracy thus assumed

a much more important role
in Norman England than it
had in Anglo-Saxon England.
How did the Norman conquest change England?

- He replaced the loosely

organized Anglo-Saxon kingdom
with a feudal system
- based on land ownership by a
hereditary aristocracy that owed
its position
How was William able to control England (he rarely lived there)

He used Feudal System

He collected tax by one tenth of people's
earning. Its called Tithe
He also found out the way to know people
owned or earned by asking people and record
it in the Domesday Book