| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Who is the first king of england? | Edward "The confessor" |
| What are Edward's dates | 1042-1066 |
| Wht is the difference between confesser and confessor? | "er" is the person that is confessing. "or" is the person who is being confessed to. |
| What is England devided into during edward's rule? | North and South. N=danes and S=Saxons |
| Of the two groups of england , Which was the domanant group? | The Saxon tribe |
| What does the nickname "confessor " tell you about edward? | That he was Pious |
| Defenition:Pious | Religious |
| What building did edward build in his lifetime? | Westminster Abbey |
| Defenition:Abbey | Local Church |
| Monks and Westminster Abbey? | They would pray in it |
| In Edward's rule Why when he died they have to use a CMBR? | He had no sons |
| Define:CMBR | Closest Male Blood Relative |
| Why did they not use Edward's CMBR when he died? | Because he was french |
| How did the Danes try to use the moment when the Saxons had no king | They tried to attack the Saxons and lost(the battle of the Stanford Bridge) |
| After the death of edward whaat did the barrons (earls ) doo to keep its gov.running? | They elect Harold of Wessox |
| Define:Barrons | Advisors(dukes) |
| Why did they chose Herold as king (after the death of Edward) | They wanted control so, they chose someone that was vonerable (pupet) |
| What happened to Harold | In the battle of haystings he was shot in the head with an arrow |
| Who is the third king of England? | William 1st "The conquer" |
| What is William I 's dates? | 1066-1087 |
| Wm.'s nickname "the coquer" | He had to invade england to claim his land. |
| What is a special castle that is still here to day(during Wm I's rule)? | Warwic castle |
| Battle of Haystings | Normans vs. Saxons |
| During William I 's rule, What did he reorginize | he reorginized the old saxon witian into the great council. |
| Define Council | congress |
| Define Witian | warrior council |
| Curia Regis and William I | Established the Curia Regis (king's cabinet) of royal advisors (only Normans) |
| The process of the Curia Regis. | he's going to make a feudal contract with every noble. They will kneel down and make pledges- pledge fealty and homage |
| Define: Fealty,Homige,and subinfudation | homage is service and fealty is obedience) he does this to make chance to overthrow him very low and this gives him all military power- subinfudation- he has right to all knights |
| What did william I create in 1078 | The doomsday book |
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