Question 1
8 marksQ3 Write an account
Write an account of the ways in which landholding and lordship changed in England after the Norman Conquest.
Life Under the Normans Practice Questions
Question 2
8 marksQ3 Write an account
Write an account of how the building of castles affected England in the years after the Norman Conquest.
Question 3
8 marksQ2 Explain what was important
Explain what was important about the Domesday Book.
Question 4
8 marksQ2 Explain what was important
Explain what was important about Norman government in England.
Question 5
8 marksRead Interpretation A below, then answer the question.
Interpretation A: from a general history of England after the Norman Conquest, written for the general reader in 2016.
Written for practice: not a real historical interpretation.
Feudalism was not a Norman invention. Anglo-Saxon lords had already held land in return for service. What the Normans did was make the bargain exact. Every tenant-in-chief held his land directly from the King, swore an oath of homage, and owed a fixed number of knights for a fixed number of days. Estates were deliberately scattered so that no baron could gather a private army in one place. Under the Normans, everyone from earl to villein knew precisely what he owed, and to whom.
Q1 How convincing is the interpretation
How convincing is Interpretation A about the feudal system in Norman England?
Explain your answer based on your contextual knowledge and what it says in Interpretation A.
Question 6
8 marksRead Interpretation A below, then answer the question.
Interpretation A: from a book about everyday life in medieval England, written for general readers in 2015.
Written for practice: not a real historical interpretation.
The Normans brought with them a passion for hunting, and with it a new kind of law. Great stretches of countryside were declared royal forest, where the deer and the trees belonged to the king alone. Villagers who had always taken wood and game from the woods were suddenly poachers, and the punishments were savage. Whole settlements were cleared away to make room for the king's sport. Of all the Conqueror's changes, Forest law was the one the English felt most bitterly in their everyday lives.
Q1 How convincing is the interpretation
How convincing is Interpretation A about Forest law in Norman England?
Explain your answer based on your contextual knowledge and what it says in Interpretation A.