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General Knowledge
100

Winner of the Battle of Hastings 

William of Normandy
100

A long term cause of this Uprising was due to leader imposing high taxes on their people

Uprising against Tostig (1065)

100

Battle of Gate Fulford 

1066

100

Head of the Marcher Earldoms 

Tenants in Chief

100

Number of direct deaths in the Harrying of the North 

100,000

200

Youngest claimant to the throne 

Edgar Atheling

200

One of these reasons this Rebellion failed was because the alternative king had fled to Scotland

Rebellion of Earls Edwin and Morcar in 1068.

200

Revolt of the Norman Earls

1075

200

Hierarchy of Power

Feudal System

200

Winner of the Battle of Stamford Bridge 

Harold Godwinson

300

Earl of Northumbria 

Tostig Godwinson

300

William was able to use the tactic of bribery to ensure this rebelling failed

Edgar Aethling and the Rebellions in the North 1069.

300

Rebellion of Earls Edwin and Morcar

1068

300

Source of Revenue for the Crown

Geld Tax 

300

The first King we looked at this Year

Edward the Confessor

400

Earl of Mercia 

Morcar

400

Danes and Anglo Saxons had poor coordination and lack of planning

Hereward the Wake and rebellion at Ely (1070-71).

400
Submission of the Earls 

1066

400

Tactic that helped William win the Battle of Hastings 

Feigned retreat 

400

A Church Tax 

A Tithe

500

Winner of the Battle of Gate Fulford 

Harald Hardrada

500

Involved Ralph De Gael

Roger de Breteuil 

Waltheof

the Revolt of the Norman Earls, 1075

500

When was the Doomsday book finished? 

1086

500

King's local government official 

Shire Reeve 

500

What is a Fyrd

the army, composed of able-bodied freemen who were called upon to fight for their king and country, primarily for local defence or in times of crisis

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