Monday- Begin new project worth 50 points.
Bubanic Plague(Black Death) and torture/punishment in the Middle Ages
Tuesday- Work on Bubanic Plague/torture presentation.
Wednesday- No school
Thursday-
Give presentation on bubonic plague
- Effects of the Plague
- Serfs left the manor in search of better wages
- Jews were blamed
Friday-
Norman Conquest
- A conquest of England by Duke William of Normandy
- Caused huge changes in the British Isles
- Brought in Feudalism
- Important People
- Duke William of Normandy
- Edward had William come to England and offered him the throne when he died, they were first cousins
- Harold Godwinson
- Last Anglo-Saxon King of England
- Harald Hardrada
- Revenged England causing Harold to take action
- Duke William of Normandy
- Why
- Endward the Confessor didn't have a son to pass the throne to
- Died in 1066
- Wiliam Duke of Normandy was outraged when Harold succeeded to the throne
- He was cousins to Edward
- On Edwards death bed, he told Harold to protect
- Endward the Confessor didn't have a son to pass the throne to
- When
- 11th century
- 1066-1072
- Duke of Normandy landed in England in the autumn o 1066
- William crowned on December 25, 1066
- Where
- Kingdom of England
- Battle of East Sussex- Battle of Hastings- Decisive Victory
- Battle between William fo Normandy and Harold Godwinson
- Battle didn't actually take place in Normandy
- Results
- William the Conqueror claimed victory of Harold
- Links between England and Scandinavia
- Brought England into close contact with Europe
- Resulted in the introduction of land tenure and military service
- Effects
- Close ties betweeen Europe and Normandy
- Reorganized Church, built cathedrals and monesteries
- Mix of language
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