a survey is an examination of specific details, opinions, behaviour, etc., made by asking people questions

a manor is a unit of land overseen by a lord - a lord’s large manor house is also a feature

geld is the name of a tax traditionally used to defend England against (Viking) invasions

Domesday Book

History

Pupils will learn about how changes to government influenced ordinary people

Pupils know about William's conquest of England and consolidation of power

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

In which year did William order the survey that became Domesday Book?

Who owned the manor in the time of Edward the Confessor?

How much is the land worth now (in 1085)?

Which of these were questions asked by the commissioners of the Great Survey?

gathering specific details by asking people questions

the name of a tax used to defend England against Viking attacks

Match the terms to their correct definitions.

Complete this sentence: in 1086 William summoned the tenants-in-chief to a grand ceremony where they paid {{}}.

Domesday was commissioned at a time when England faced invasion from which country?

to confirm what his tenants owed him in return for their land

to show how much Norman rule had benefitted the English

to help calculate the geld tax that could be raised to defend England

to replace the Anglo-Saxon way of gathering taxes with a new feudal system

Which of these do historians consider likely reasons why William ordered the Great Survey that became Domesday Book?

Whose land did William claim for the Normans? 

the efficiency of the tax system in gathering money

Which of these changed William's attitude to including Anglo-Saxons in positions of power? 

What was the name of the important Norman landholders who held land directly from the monarch?

Complete the sentence with the correct answer: William introduced a new system of landholding that more strictly tied the landholder to the {{}}. 

How many of William’s top-ranking lords held 25% of the land in England?

Complete this sentence: The Normans introduced stricter landholding rules and many Anglo-Saxon landholders often had their landholdings {{}}.