Warfare | Linguistics | Feudalism | The Battle of Hastings |
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What buildings were built in the mid-evil age that helped fortify a defense? (The Normans built them to control geographical areas)
Castles
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What language did Normans speak?
What is French
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The system the Normans brought to England
What is Feudalism?
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"The Battle that Changed the English Language"
What is The Battle of Hastings
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What usually surrounded these large fortified buildings? (usually water around the building)
Mottes
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Which social class spoke Anglo-Norman French?
What is Kings and Nobility
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The Norman equivalent to lords
What are Tenants-in-Chief?
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The two sides of the war
What are the Normans and Anglo-Saxons
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What did the Normans do to the English "traitors" who disliked the king?
What is murdered, tortured, mutilated, and destroyed their livings
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Did humble or skilled trades adopt French names.
What is Skilled Trades
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These people rented land from the king, and did not actually own it.
What are Tenants-in-Chief?
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The leader of the Normans
Who is William the Conqueror
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What two units did the Normans introduce to English armies as a higher importance?
What is Calvary and archers
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How many words were bequeathed by the Anglo-Normans?
What is Over 10000
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The people under the Tenant-in-Chief in the social ladder.
What are knights?
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The leader of the Anglo-Saxons
Who is King Harold
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What were the Normans three lines of attack?
First - Archers
Second - Infantry Third - Mounted Knights |
Old English derived from this
What is Germanic roots
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This aspect was important to Norman feudalism because William could keep in control of all of the land
What is renting land from the king?
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The famous tactic used by the Anglo-Saxons
Shield Wall
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