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GCSE History · key term
A powerful noble who governed a large region called an earldom on behalf of the king.
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Paper 2
A powerful Anglo-Saxon noble who governed a large region called an earldom.
Revise: Causes of Norman ConquestHarold was Earl of Wessex, the most important English earldom, and Edward’s brother-in-law. This family connection linked him to the king, although it did not make him a blood relative of the royal family.
Paper 2
A powerful noble with responsibility for governing a large region called an earldom.
Revise: Establishing ControlPowerful Anglo-Saxon earls survived, and William needed their cooperation to govern. Earls were regional rulers who fulfilled important government roles; defeating one king was different from gaining the obedience of the people who helped run his kingdom.
A powerful noble who governed a large region of Anglo-Saxon England on behalf of the king.
A powerful noble who governed an earldom, a region of the kingdom, under the king.
Paper 2
A leading Anglo-Saxon noble who governed a large region on the king’s behalf and helped lead royal forces.
Revise: Anglo-Saxon Kingship and the Norman ConquestEarls were leading nobles who governed extensive regions on his behalf. They helped gather and lead the fyrd in wartime and presided over shire courts. Alongside leading bishops, they formed the Witan, which advised the king and helped decide who should succeed him.
Paper 1, Paper 3
A leading aristocrat who governed a large territory, called an earldom, on behalf of the king.
Revise: SocietyBelow him, earls were leading aristocrats who governed large territories called earldoms on his behalf. Thegns were lower-ranking aristocrats: warrior lords who held smaller areas of land and exercised local influence.
An important noble who governed a region on behalf of the king and could organise forces for its defence.
A powerful noble who governed a large region on behalf of a king.
Do not claim that the Harrying ended all rebellion: resistance continued at Ely in 1070–1071, and earls rebelled in 1075.
For an explanation of the earls’ submission, connect each fact to its effect: capturing the treasury weakened Edgar’s ability to pay for support, while destruction increased the cost of continued resistance.
Distinguish winning the Battle of Hastings from securing control of England: powerful earls and London did not immediately accept William.
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