What was the Domesday Book?
A record of prisoners and their punishments
A written record of property ownership across England
A set of strict rules that villagers had to follow
Where was the decision made to make the survey that became the Domesday Book?
Gloucester
Winchester
Dublin
What is the missing word in this last question of the Domesday survey: Can more __ be had than is had?
Soldiers
Tax
Land
What was the meaning of the term primogeniture that the Normans introduced into laws about land?
The first born son would inherit the family's lands
The family's lands were shared amongst all the sons
The first child in a family inherited the lands
What prompted William I to favour the use of French in government after 1070?
He wanted to separate himself from the time of Edward the Confessor
He didn't trust the English after the rebellions he had faced
He didn't like the English word justice and wanted to get rid of it from the courts
What was the name for the law that could hold a whole village responsible for the death of someone who could have been Norman?
Murder
Treason
Murdrum
Which of these changes was introduced in Norman England?
Trial be fire was to be used in legal cases
Trials by combat were not allowed any more
Fines imposed on guilty people had to be paid to the king
Which of these were key features of England's village landscape in Norman times?
Castles and churches
Mansion houses and monasteries
Shops and restaurants
What was the Norman name for a manor that was controlled by the landowning Norman nobles?
Destrier
Domain
Demesne
What did William I establish in a wide area around Winchester?
A royal hunting forest
A protected area for Norman fugitives from justice
An area where all English villages were destroyed to stop opposition