| When did the Romans invade Britain? | The Romans successfully managed to invade England in AD 43 under the rule of Emperor Claudius. |
| why did the romans invade britain? | the romans invaded england because england would have to pay tax as a province in rome which make rome richer. this would also help feed the romans back home. the invasion would also provide slaves for the richer romans back home. invading a country back then was basically guaranteed fame. they also invaded bc england had many silver mines and food for the romans. |
| what impact did the roman invasion have on britain? | the romans brought roads, religion, language, towns, jewellery, pottery, laws, plants, animals, numbers and towns. |
| what did the people of britain think of the romans? | they didn’t like the romans bc the romans invaded, robbed, raped and murdered the people of britain and the romans thought of them as savages |
| who were the claimants to the throne? how strong were the claims? | the claimants to the throne were harold godwinson, william, the duke of normandy, edgar aethling and harald hardrada. harold's claim to the throne was that he was married to edward the confessor's sister and the witan, the country's council, were in favour of him. william's claim was that harold promised him the throne in france. edgar's claim to the throne was that he was edgar's closest blood related male relative. harald's claim to the throne was that one of his family members in the past had been king of england. |
| the battle of hastings | the battle of hastings happened straight after the battle of stamford bridge where harold godwinson was forced into killing his rival, harald hardrada, and his own traitorous brother, tostig godwinson. After a day, they arrived on 14 oct 1066. he had to walk to go fight william after finding out that he'd landed in the south of england. many of the warriors abandoned him on the way there as they were fyres, farmers who were fighters during times of battle. harold's men arrived, tired and depleted, barely ready to fight. midway through the battle, a rumour spread that william had been killed, though a little while after william made his presence known to the fighters out on the battlefield. they used the false retreat method to round up harold's men and shot arrows in the air. one of these rogue arrows is said to have hit harold in the eye and he bled out, as shown in the bayeux tapestry. |
| how did william establish control? | building a network of castles, installing the feudal system, the harrying of north and the domesday book. |
| medieval village and life | a common medieval peasants life would revolve around the church and they would often work in the agricultural sector in order to farm food on land that the barons owned. |
| what was the church in medieval england? | the church was the centre of medieval life. monks, nuns, priests, bishops, archbishops and the pope all worked for the church.
monks and nuns would often work in infirmaries and help provide healthcare as well as reading and teaching selected kids how to read.
priests care for people's spiritual lives.
bishops would lead the church, level taxes and supervise the people below them in the church.
archbishops oversaw multiple churches and were there in a bishops time of need.
the pope issued orders to the king and could excommunicate him from the church. popes were more powerful than kings at the time. |
| how did the church help people get to heaven? | the church would say that paying the church and asking the people of the church to pray for you would help you get to heaven. you would also have to go to church every week |
