His 3100, FA 2004. Mid-Term review (Thursday, Oct. 2): Anglo-Saxons--Fourteenth Century

Part 1. (40%) Write one sentence defining the following term, person, event, or place in which you tell what it is, place it in time, and indicate its general significance. Ten definitions to be chosen from a list taken from the following:

• burh 
• fyrd 
• danegeld
• Alfred 
• dooms 
• wergild (or wergeld)
• jarls 
• Wessex 
• Harold Godwinson 
• Cnut danelaw 
• Battle of Stamford Bridge
• shire 
• wardship 
• diocese
• relief 
• fief 
• aids
• criminous clerks 
• Oxford University 
• oratore, bellatore, laboratore 
• homage 
• Cistercians 
• villein
• Gascony 
• William Rufus 
• Dermot McMurrough
• Richard the Lionheart 
• model Parliament
• Agincourt 
• Crecy 
• Treaty of Troyes 
• Black Death 
• Edward III 
• Poll Tax
  
  

Part 2. (40%) Using passages chosen from

• the dooms of Alfred
• the Statute of William
• feudal documents
• Constitutions of Clarendon
• Assize of Clarendon
• and the Magna Carta,

write an essay on the history of law and legal systems from the Anglo-Saxons until the Black Death. Be specific, use and define at least ten terms. If possible, compare and contrast Anglo-Saxon, feudal, canon, and common law. Be sure to use the passages.

Part 3. (20%) Map-based questions and locations based on Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (Kent, East Anglia, Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria, Winchester, Lindisfarne), Norman Conquest (Stamford Bridge, Hastings, Normandy, Rive Thames), and the Angevin Empire (Anjou, Aquitaine, Gascony, Paris, Bordeaux, Bayeux, Marcher Lordships [on border of Wales], [Connaught, Munster, Leinster, Ulster–see handout map for these], Dublin, Scotland, Edinburgh, River Tweed) from maps in Hollister, 34 66, 78, 131, 194, 325.