Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Raiders and Invaders.
The local Anglo-Saxon militia made up of peasant farmers and noblemen, raised to defend a kingdom.
Fyrd appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for Viking Expansion (c.750–c.1050), especially Raiders and Invaders and Great heathen army.
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The Norman Conquest (1065–1087)
Castles • Fortifications
