Reasons: Vikings
P – Agriculture
Ev – fertile soils
Ex – farmers could settle with families and flourish
P – Religion
Ev – Odin, God of War
Ex – doing their duty and would be rewarded
P – Trade
Ev – England was a trading centre with Europe
Ex – could trade goods and make use of raw materials, expands empire
Experiences: Vikings
1. Set up villages – workshops and culture flourished
2. Law – set up Things to keep order and justice
3. Fair – allowed English to mint coins and some converted to Christianity
Impacts: Vikings
P – Trade
Ev – Captured York in 866
Ex – Traded within empire in spices and silks, merchants worked in ports and migrants set up
businesses – became a key trading centre within England
P – Language
Ev – introduced words for places and surnames
Ex – Shared culture- told sagas and shared skills – belief in Norse God’s impacted road names, is a big
part of England’s geography today, made York a multicultural city
P – Law and order
Ev – Things
Ex – Start of parliamentary democracy and trial by jury, kept order and justice in towns to stop
violence.
Reasons: Normans
P- Promised
Ev – Edward Confessor promised throne to William
Ex – Believed he had right to claim throne, rightful king of England, angry due to Godwinson being
crowned, betrayal.
, P – Support
Ev – Pope backed his plan
Ex – Had a well-equipped and fit army, brought castles in sections (tactical) to establish power
P – Trade
Ev – Nobles migrated to England after invasion
Ex – Took advantage of Viking trading routes and rich soils, began to dominated the landscape
Experiences + Impacts: Normans
P – Landscape
Ev – built castles and cathedrals
Ex – dominated the countryside and took advantage of soils, establish power throughout the country
and stop invasions
P – Laws
Ev – Set up a parliament with House of Commons and Lords
Ex – More structured justice systems, kept shires, Forest Laws established royal forests.
P – Church
Ev – Cathedrals built
Ex - Became more hierarchical and king was at the top, number of nuns/monks increased so was
brought firmly under Christendom.
Reasons: Jews
1. Invited 1070 – lend money to build castles/cathedrals
Experiences: Jews
1. Anti semitism – non believers, crusades against muslims
2. Work – lent money to businessmen, relatives.
Impacts: Jews
P – Economy
Ev – Lent money to monarchy, set up Merton College
Ex - boosted finance of the crown, helped merchants’ global trade
Reasons: Migrants
P – Work
Ev – Hundred Years War
P – Agriculture
Ev – fertile soils
Ex – farmers could settle with families and flourish
P – Religion
Ev – Odin, God of War
Ex – doing their duty and would be rewarded
P – Trade
Ev – England was a trading centre with Europe
Ex – could trade goods and make use of raw materials, expands empire
Experiences: Vikings
1. Set up villages – workshops and culture flourished
2. Law – set up Things to keep order and justice
3. Fair – allowed English to mint coins and some converted to Christianity
Impacts: Vikings
P – Trade
Ev – Captured York in 866
Ex – Traded within empire in spices and silks, merchants worked in ports and migrants set up
businesses – became a key trading centre within England
P – Language
Ev – introduced words for places and surnames
Ex – Shared culture- told sagas and shared skills – belief in Norse God’s impacted road names, is a big
part of England’s geography today, made York a multicultural city
P – Law and order
Ev – Things
Ex – Start of parliamentary democracy and trial by jury, kept order and justice in towns to stop
violence.
Reasons: Normans
P- Promised
Ev – Edward Confessor promised throne to William
Ex – Believed he had right to claim throne, rightful king of England, angry due to Godwinson being
crowned, betrayal.
, P – Support
Ev – Pope backed his plan
Ex – Had a well-equipped and fit army, brought castles in sections (tactical) to establish power
P – Trade
Ev – Nobles migrated to England after invasion
Ex – Took advantage of Viking trading routes and rich soils, began to dominated the landscape
Experiences + Impacts: Normans
P – Landscape
Ev – built castles and cathedrals
Ex – dominated the countryside and took advantage of soils, establish power throughout the country
and stop invasions
P – Laws
Ev – Set up a parliament with House of Commons and Lords
Ex – More structured justice systems, kept shires, Forest Laws established royal forests.
P – Church
Ev – Cathedrals built
Ex - Became more hierarchical and king was at the top, number of nuns/monks increased so was
brought firmly under Christendom.
Reasons: Jews
1. Invited 1070 – lend money to build castles/cathedrals
Experiences: Jews
1. Anti semitism – non believers, crusades against muslims
2. Work – lent money to businessmen, relatives.
Impacts: Jews
P – Economy
Ev – Lent money to monarchy, set up Merton College
Ex - boosted finance of the crown, helped merchants’ global trade
Reasons: Migrants
P – Work
Ev – Hundred Years War
