Unit 1

Norman Conquest
&
Plantagenet Kings

The Norman
Conquest

England benefitted from the

constructive Normans.
Free Anglo Saxons
subjugated by the Norman
invader.

Implications of the Norman Conquest

Religious
Political
Cultural

Religious
Implications

Saxons Increase
Religion
Bishops of Papal
as
replaced influenc
central
by
e in
element
Normans English
of life.
.
affairs.

Political

Implications

Political

Implications
Developme
nt of a
strong
central
Governmen
t

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Polical

Implications
Developme Emergen
nt of a
ce of
strong
Common
central
Law
Governmen
t

Political

Implications
Stormy
relationship
Emergence
Development of of Common
a strong central
Law
Government

between
King and
Barons led
to
Magna Carta
and
beginnings
of
Parliament.

Cultural

Implications
Chivalry

Link with
the other
Architectu
side of the
channel re

Motte and
Bailey Castle

Square Keep Castle

Castles

The Tower of London

Cathedrals

Ely Cathedral