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Edward the Confessor Feudal William the Conqueror Heir Harold Knowledge Organiser Year 7 Autumn one Pre 1066 1066 January 1066September 1066 October 1070’s 1085 http://www. Chronology Primary Secondary Evidence bbc.co.uk/ed The Evidence Something that has England is a Saxon Edward the Harald Hardrada William the The Bayeux The Doomsday country having Confessor dies invades the North of Conqueror leads Tapestry is book was ucation/topi arrangement An artifact, a been made recently been ruled by a and leaves no England but is the Norman completed. It commissioned by cs/zs3487h of events or document, about the past, for succession of Saxon obvious heir to defeated by Harold invasion of depicts the William the dates in the diary, example: and Viking kings the English Godwinson at the England and wins events of Conqueror and a order of their manuscript, A drawing of a Roman since the Romans Throne. Harold Battle of Stamford at the Battle of 1066 and first draft was http://www. occurrence. coin made in 2003 left in the 4th Godwinson is Bridge. Hastings. He is measures 70 completed a year bbc.co.uk/ed autobiography, century A.D. crowned king. crowned on metres. later. It describes a recording, or would be a Secondary Christmas day as in remarkable ucation/guid any other Source. the new king of detail, the es/zsjnb9q/r source of England. landholdings and evision/4 resources of late information 11th-century that was England created at the time under study. Key Words Key People Invasion 1. An instance of invading a country or region with an armed Edward the Edward, the penultimate Anglo-Saxon king of force Confessor England, was known as 'the Confessor' because of his deep piety. Feudal The nobility is given lands from the King in exchange for William I, usually known as William the Conqueror, knights The Knights were in turn tenants of the nobles, while William the was the first Norman King of England, reigning from the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their 1066 until his death in 1087 lord's land and give him homage, labour, and a share of the Conqueror produce, in exchange for military protection Heir A person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on Harold Harold Godwinson was the last Anglo-Saxon king of that person's death. Godwinson England. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his ‘The eldest son and heir’ death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October. Motte and A fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a Herald Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, like William of Bailey raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an Hardrada Normandy, believed that the English throne should be enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective his, not Harold Godwineson’s. ditch and palisade. Key Information I will learn 1066 was the end of the Anglo-Saxon period in Britain. The Normans brought with On 14 October 1066, Harold II fought William's army at the Battle of Hastings and lost. them many customs that we use today. Harold was killed, perhaps with an arrow in his eye - although this is disputed by some When Edward the Confessor died, Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, was historians. immediately crowned king and became Harold II. The royal council, known as the William was crowned king of England on Christmas Day 1066, but it took years more fighting Witan, supported him. He gathered an army to defend the kingdom. to conquer the whole country. His cruellest campaign was the 'Harrying of the North' in Harald Hardrada was king of Norway. He invaded Yorkshire with a fleet of ships, but 1069, where he slaughtered the inhabitants of the north-east and destroyed their food was defeated and killed by Harold's army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. stores so that even the survivors starved to death. While Harold II was in the north of England fighting Hardrada, William, Duke of The Norman Conquest changed the face of England forever. William ruled as unquestioned Normandy invaded Sussex. Harold rushed back south to fight him. conqueror and the Saxons became merely an unpaid workforce for their new lords .
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