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Unit 2

Roles and responsibilities Village Life! What % of people lived in the countryside? What % of the population were peasants? How many people lived in a village? Who controlled the villages? Where did they lived ? Roles and responsibilities Who am I? Classes of Peasants! Reeve Bailiff Priest Miller Worked on the Lord’s land for no pay. They had no freedom and could not leave the village without permission. They were granted some land to farm for themselves. Who am I ? Change Continuity Taxes Freedom Forest Laws Law and Order Lord of the Manor Work Were free peasants who paid rent to the lord for their land. Sometimes they had to carry out BOON WORK (extra days of unpaid work for the lord) The number of free peasants fell significantly between 1066 and 1086 and many became villeins. Who am I ? Made up about 10% of the population of 1066. They had no freedom and no land. Slavery rapidly declined after the Norman Conquest partly due to a change in attitude but also because it was probably easier to give land in return for labour than it was to support slaves. Whom am I ? Poorer villeins and they were given less land by the Lord. Who am I ?

Unit 3

Historic Environment: Norman CETHDRALS Church Buildings! What had all been teared down by the 1100s? What style are they rebuilt in? What were wooden parish churches replaced with? Why did England’s wealth help them? What type of labour was used? Why did the Cathedrals change? Name the location of new Cathedrals? What happened to Ely Cathedral? Create a fact-file on Romanesque Architecture: Label the Floor Plan in the shape of Durham Cathedral. Why was Durham important to England?

What happened in grammar schools? Normans: Language and Education Normans: Language and Education How did education develop? The key reformers of education were ………………………………………………… Lanfranc had created new schools in Normandy in …………….. and had later taught ……………………………………. They both promoted education and built …………………. They argued that one function of Church schools was to……………………… A number of grammar schools were built in ……………………………………………….for this purpose. Explain the key words: Grammar schools: Lanfranc: Latin: Rhetoric: Vernacular Read the table on change and continuity in Education and make a list below: Changes in Education Continuity in Education What happened in grammar schools? What age did you go? Where: How long: What did they learn: Equipment: School Year: Length of day: Teachers would sit in the middle of the room with pupils on benches around them.