Changes to government (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Anglo-Saxon sheriff hierarchy
Anglo-Saxon sheriff hierarchy
Monarch → Earls → Sheriffs
Norman sheriff hierarchy change
Norman sheriff hierarchy change
Answered directly to king, not earls
Fyrd
Fyrd
Local militia organised by sheriffs for defence
Norman sheriffs' new castle duty
Norman sheriffs' new castle duty
Custodians of royal castles in their shires
Years of Anglo-Saxon resistance
Years of Anglo-Saxon resistance
1068-71
Why Norman sheriffs were resented
Why Norman sheriffs were resented
Overtaxed, kept surplus, seized lands, corrupt
Demesne lands
Demesne lands
Royal estates managed by sheriffs
Sheriff role in land seizures
Sheriff role in land seizures
Used authority to legitimise taking English lands
William's royal forests
William's royal forests
Seized land for protected royal hunting grounds
Punishment for forest poaching
Punishment for forest poaching
Blinding or other violent penalties
Forest law restrictions
Forest law restrictions
No hunting, collecting wood, or damaging vegetation
Norman 'forest' meaning
Norman 'forest' meaning
Legal term for royal hunting land, any terrain type
Forest income sources for king
Forest income sources for king
Fines from law-breakers & selling hunting rights
When English sheriffs replaced
When English sheriffs replaced
Post-1071, after Anglo-Saxon resistance period
Impact of forest laws on legitimacy
Impact of forest laws on legitimacy
Undermined William's claims to be just ruler