Exam Skills: Anglo-Saxon & Norman England, c1060–88 (Edexcel GCSE History)

Exam Questions

3 hours18 questions
112 marks

Explain why William I ordered the Harrying of the North (1069-70). 

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• the Danes

• York

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212 marks

Explain why there was an uprising against Tostig in 1065.

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• Earldom of Northumbria

• taxation

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312 marks

Explain why Harold won the Battle of Stamford Bridge.

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• Gate Fulford 

• housecarls 

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412 marks

Explain why William I had such a bad relationship with his son, Robert.

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• Normandy

• rebellion

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512 marks

Explain why there was a succession crisis after the death of Edward the Confessor.

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• the Witan

• William of Normandy

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612 marks

Explain why Anglo-Saxon monarchs had so much power. 

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• landholding

• law-making

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