Q: What Did you do to become King?
A: Well, When Edward the Confessor died he did not have a heir,both Harold and I wanted to be king, But Harold was distracted by a problem in Norway, so I took over the town of Hastings. Then I and Harold fought at Hastings, Harold died during the battle and I won and was crowned King of England on Christmas day.
Q: How did you control your land and keep track of people?
William controls land by granting feifs to Norman lords, and to the church, he also monitors his land by castles. He creates a census called the ‘Doomsday Book’ and this keeps track of the people, property, and livestock.
Q: Why was he important?
William the Conqueror is important because if he didn't invent the ‘Doomsday Book’ we might not have our common day census.
Recourse's;
A: Well, When Edward the Confessor died he did not have a heir,both Harold and I wanted to be king, But Harold was distracted by a problem in Norway, so I took over the town of Hastings. Then I and Harold fought at Hastings, Harold died during the battle and I won and was crowned King of England on Christmas day.
Q: How did you control your land and keep track of people?
William controls land by granting feifs to Norman lords, and to the church, he also monitors his land by castles. He creates a census called the ‘Doomsday Book’ and this keeps track of the people, property, and livestock.
Q: Why was he important?
William the Conqueror is important because if he didn't invent the ‘Doomsday Book’ we might not have our common day census.
Recourse's;
- Knight, Judson. "William the Conqueror." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 2: 700 to 1449. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 394-396. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 10 Nov. 2010.
- "William the Conqueror." Middle Ages Reference Library. Ed. Judy Galens and Judson Knight. Vol. 3: Vol. 2: Biographies. Detroit: UXL, 2001. 365-370. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 10 Nov. 2010.
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