Y7 The Normans One Fact

When he troops thought he was dead in the early stages of the Battle of Hastings, what did he do to stop them panicking?

• Led a charge against Harold's Archers

• Removed his helmet to show he was alive.

• Pretended to have been brought back to life

• Sent a trumpeter to tell people he was still alive.

What chance event helped William won the Battle of Hastings?

• Harold was killed during the first charge

• Harold tripped up and was killed

• William disocvered a supply of extra arrows.

• Some of the English thought the Normans were running away so they left the Shield War to chase them.

By 1086 how much of English land was controlled by Norman lords?

• 27%

• 58%

• 85%

• 95%

If a peasant was caught poaching the first time what was the punishment?

• Blinded

• Cut two fingers off

• A fine of fifty pounds

• Whipped

How did building Lincoln Cathedral create jobs?

• People on pilgrimage to the cathedral would buy food and stay at inns.

• It was used as a store for weapons

• Brick makers got work making bricks.

• Created work for butchers during Lent

What is a bishop?

• An important leader in the Catholic Church who runs an area called a diocese  For example, the Bishop of Lincoln.

• A  landowner who gets his land in return for fighting for a lord.

• A  farmer who grows just enough to live and buy things they can’t make / pay taxes.

• The chief servant of the king.

What is a knight?

• A Church man who controls Lincoln for the king

• Servants who only work at between sundown and sunrise

• A Welsh Bandit who raided the Marches

• A landowner who gets his land in return for fighting for a lord.

What is a peasant?

• A rich farmer who only sells crops to local markets.

• A farmer who grows just enough to live and buy things they can’t make / pay taxes.

• Someone who is homeless

• A person has no money and who has no land

What is the name of the earth mound a castle tower was built on?

• Motte

• Keep

• Moat

• Curtain

What is a bailey?

• A wooden tower on a motte

• A small hut where a peasant lives

• An area with a wall and ditch around it where a lord, his family and servants lived.

• The name of the senior peasant in a village