a period when there is no clear heir to a position

a person who expects to inherit the property or position of another person when that person dies

1066 and claims to the throne

History

This unit will give pupils a grounding in the disciplinary use of sources which will be developed in the later unit on the English Civil War

Pupils will have an understanding of religious change in Europe and beyond which will contextualise aspects of the Norman Conquest

a group of local, untrained soldiers called up to fight in Anglo-Saxon England

the defensive line of shields used by the Anglo-Saxon army

the organisation of the Christian religion

the principal church of a diocese and the seat of a bishop

a person who has withdrawn from normal life to dedicate their life to God

a person who works for the Church and helps people with religious matters in the local community

the act of surrounding a town and refusing to let people out or goods in

a type of fortification introduced to England by the Normans

a great lord or landholder in the kingdom

when a person places their hands between the hands of a social superior and acknowledges their vassal status they are paying homage

a person who holds land from another within feudalism

a person who occupies or looks after property owned by another

something that remains from the past of which historians ask questions

information gathered by historians when asking questions of sources, that they then use to support their arguments