Norman changes to English land holding

12 questions

1. Which **one** of the following is the best explanation for why William ordered castles to be built in England after 1066?
2. Match these features of motte-and-bailey castles with their correct definitions.
3. Put these events in order, starting with the earliest.
4. Which one of these is **not** a way in which the Gesta Guillelmi seeks to justify or strengthen William’s claim to the throne?
5. Match the words with the correct definitions.
6. Which **two** of the following statements would be useful in explaining the meaning of the word 'tenure'?
7. Match the words with the correct definitions.
8. William introduced a strict social order in England, based on a system of land ownership. Historians often call this the ___ system.
9. Put these in order of powerfulness in the feudal system, starting with the least powerful.
10. Who technically owned all the land in Norman England?
11. Which **three** of the following can historians work out from studying the Domesday Book?
12. Match these sentences starters with their correct endings.

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