Villages (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Strip system purpose
Strip system purpose
Ensured fair land distribution - good & poor soil for all
Main crops in Norman villages
Main crops in Norman villages
Wheat, rye, and barley
Saxon thegn definition
Saxon thegn definition
Anglo-Saxon local lord who owned land before Normans
Language spoken by Norman lords
Language spoken by Norman lords
French
What many freemen became under Norman rule
What many freemen became under Norman rule
Villeins (due to increased rents)
Material Normans used instead of wood
Material Normans used instead of wood
Stone (for churches and buildings)
Purpose of Norman water mills
Purpose of Norman water mills
Grinding grain (peasants charged to use them)
Forest Law impact on villages
Forest Law impact on villages
Removed access to woodland food sources
% of population that were peasants
% of population that were peasants
97%
Villeins' key restrictions
Villeins' key restrictions
Couldn't marry or leave village without lord's permission
% of population who were thralls (slaves) in 1066
% of population who were thralls (slaves) in 1066
10%
Why slavery declined under Normans
Why slavery declined under Normans
Cheaper to give land for labour than support slaves fully
Year Norman Conquest began
Year Norman Conquest began
1066
Who Norman lords replaced
Who Norman lords replaced
Saxon thegns
Change in parish priests after 1066
Change in parish priests after 1066
More villages had resident priests