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Discuss the impact of the Norman Conquest on the native English population.
Did the Norman Conquest constitute a genuine break in the continuity of English history ?
Account for the success of the Norman invasion of England in 1066
What sources of strength were enjoyed by the Anglo Norman Monarchy.
To what extent did geographical factors raise problems for William I in his subjugation of England ?
"William I conquered neither to destroy nor to found, but to continue."Discuss.
To what extent did Anglo Saxon institutions survive the Norman Conquest?
What light is thrown upon the nature of the Anglo Norman monarchy by the following: Domesday Book, The Constitution of the King's Household, The Assize of the Forest ?
What is the significance of the Royal Forest in medieval England ?
"The Anglo Saxon Thegns were familiar with a dependent military tenure not easily distinguished on any level from that of their feudal successors the knights." Examine the development of Anglo Norman Feudalism in the light of this statement.
'The Bishops of Worcester owed sixty thegns for their three Hundreds before the Conquest and continued to owe sixty knights for their servitium debitum after the Conquest.' Comment.
'Nothing was allowed to stand which might remind the English of the glories of their past.' (R.H.C.Davies) Would you agree with this judgment on the Conquest ?
Did the Domesday Inquest fulfil the intention that inspired it ?
Do you agree that the Domesday Survey marked the completion of the feudal settlement in England?
"Domesday book summarises the aims and achievements of William I". Discuss.
"Despite all the books on Domesday Book that compilation gives us very little insight into the structure of the society it purports to describe." Do you agree ?
How adequate a picture of rural England can be gained from Domesday Book ?
"In separating the temporal and ecclesiastical courts, William I and Lanfranc created a problem of jurisdiction which was solved only by the Reformation." Discuss.
How far can it be said that feudalism assisted or impeded the growth of the monarchy during the Norman period ?
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School of History and Welsh History - University of Wales Bangor