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| How did the royal rule differ in Anglo-Saxon England from that happening on the Continent? |
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| The monarch was theoretically elective although elegibility was confined to descendants of Alfred. Every able-bodied Englishman owed the King military service at his summons. He had estates scattered all over England. He received a portion of the penalties inflicted by the local courts for petty crimes. |
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| What was the Danelaw? What were the political circumstances surrounding its foundation, then subsequent destruction? |
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| The Danes conquered East Anglia, Northumbria and, finally, most of Mercia by 877. The Anglo-Saxon resistance was led by Alfred, King of Wessex and the Danes were willing to make peace. The Danes retained East Anglia, eastern Mercia and the region now embraced as the counties Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. The land became known as Danelaw and the Danes accepted Christianity. |
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| Why did Duke William of Normandy feel the English crown was legitimately his? |
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| Duke William of Normandy was Edward the Confessor's cousin. |
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| What were some feudal complications Duke William of Normandy experienced before the Battle of Hastings in 1066? |
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| The Norman lords refused to go on the grounds that they did not owe military service for adventures over the sea. Five thousand troops had to wait for favorable wind to cross the English Channel. |
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| What were the consequences of 1066 for society in England? |
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| The bishop had his own court for ecclestiastical cases. He introduced Norman feudal practices such as receiving the right to hang one of their tenants if they were caught red-handed in theft. Immunity for powerful bishops and abbots - the right of forbidding the entrance of royal officials. |
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