Year 7 History Knowledge Organiser – Norman England

What is a Baron?

• A Christian clergyman with authority of a large number of priests and churches

• A French duke who conquered England in 1066.

• The highest rank of medieval society, ruling land on behalf of the king

• A person set to inherit property of title. Often used to mean next in line to the throne

What is an Hierarchy

• A form of social organisation where people are ranked according to status or power

• The professional bodyguard of Anglo-Saxon kings

• Soldiers on horseback who belonged to the nobility

• People from a region in the northern France descended from Vikings

What is The Feudal System

• A design of castle used by the Normans

• The structure of medieval society, where land was exchanged for service and loyalty

• A book commissioned by William the Conqueror detailing the possessions of every settlement in England

• A solemn promise to do something, often sworn on the bones of saints

What’s an oath

• A solemn promise to do something, often sworn on the bones of saints

• Anyone who was below you in medieval society and had to call you ‘my lord’

• Soldiers on horseback who belonged to the nobility

• The last Anglo-Saxon King of England.

What’s a Heir

• Taking control of a place or people

• People from a region in the Northern France descended from Vikings

• Soldiers on horseback who belong nobility

• A person set to inherit property of title. Often used to mean next in line to the throne

What is a Motte and bailey

• Taking control of a place or people by force

• The structure of medieval society, where land was exchanged for service and loyalty

• A design of castle used by the Normans

• A legendary Anglo-Saxon who fought against the Normans at Ely

What's a Vassal?

• Taking control of a place or people by force

• Anyone who was below you in medieval society and had to call you ‘my lord’

• The highest rank of medieval society, ruling land on behalf of the king

• The structure of medieval society, where land was exchanged for service and loyalty

A Conquest is

Whats the Domesday book

• Soldiers on horseback who belonged to the nobility

• The professional bodyguard of Anglo-Saxon kings

• A book commissioned by William the Conqueror detailing the possessions of every settlement in England

• A form of social organisation where people are ranked according to status or power

What's a Knight