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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn about how the Normans gathered and organised information in the Domesday Book.
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5 Questions
Q1.
Who was the most important religious figure in Europe?
Archbishop Lanfranc
Archbishop Stigand
William of Normandy
Q2.
Which position in the Church was new under Lanfranc?
Archbishops
Bishops
Priests
Q3.
Which of these was NOT a reason why William thought the Church was corrupt?
Priests sometimes had more than one job
Priests sometimes sold jobs
Priests were getting married
Q4.
How many Anglo-Saxon bishops were there by the end of William's reign?
None
Sixteen
Two
Q5.
Churches were rebuilt out of stone because...
It was cheaper
To defend them from attack
William thought it looked better
5 Questions
Q1.
The Domesday Book helped William to decide...
How many pigs he could kill for his next feast
Where to build his next castle
Who to give land to next
Q2.
William needed to know this in order to...
Be able to show the Anglo-Saxons how orga
Have money to pay the Saxon nobles whose land he had taken
To fund his trips back to Normandy
Q3.
William wanted to make sure that his taxes were a similar amount to...
Harald Hardrada's
Harold Godwinson's
He didn't, he wanted them to be much more
Q4.
How long did it take to complete the survey?
2 years
20 years
6 months
Q5.
What helped the Normans to complete the survey quickly?
The Anglo-Saxons were happy to help them
They got some trusted Anglo-Saxons to do the work for them
They spoke the same language as the Saxons