relating to the Germanic inhabitants of England from their arrival in the 5th century to the Norman Conquest

the movement of people into a new area or country

a member of the Scandinavian seafaring people who raided Britain from the late 8th century

the area of England in the north and east controlled by the Vikings

The arrival of the Vikings

History

This unit will allow students to understand how English identity developed in the medieval era which informs their understanding of how these norms were imposed during the expansion of empire. This unit will understand how networks of trade and commerce operated, giving them an understanding of the influence on the economy of empire.

Pupils will have some understanding of the Danish Conquest from their study of the Norman unit.

Migration: how was medieval Britain impacted by conquest and settlement? 

the name of the Anglo-Saxon tax used to defend England against Viking invasions

a group of countries or territories ruled from the centre by another country or person

The Danish conquest

the people who settled in Normandy in the 10th century

the right or sequence of inheriting a title or position

the social system introduced to England by the Normans, which greatly increased the power of the king

The Norman conquest (1066)

territories in England, Wales, Ireland and France held by Henry II and his descendants in the 12th and 13th centuries

a document signed in 1215 containing a series of promises that limited the monarch and guaranteed some political rights

Angevin Empire

a relationship between two countries for a particular purpose

a phase of a war involving a series of operations aimed at achieving a specific objective

The Hundred Years' War

a member of the group of people living in Normandy who had settled there in the 10th century; they were of Viking descent

Migration: how was medieval Britain impacted by conquest and settlement?

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Some of these lessons will soon be taken down.