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CHARACTER OF THE ‘NORMAN CONQUEST’

CHARACTER OF THE ‘NORMAN CONQUEST’. In Scotland. Arrival of the Anglo-French. Invited and encouraged to enter There was no conquest , as in England In Scotland there was no colonisation No exporting of wealth to England

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CHARACTER OF THE ‘NORMAN CONQUEST’

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  1. CHARACTER OF THE ‘NORMAN CONQUEST’ In Scotland

  2. Arrival of the Anglo-French • Invited and encouraged to enter • There was no conquest, as in England • In Scotland there was no colonisation • No exporting of wealth to England • There was an aristocraticcolonisation (nobles came and settled in Scotland) • FlemishandEnglish settlement occurred throughout the twelfth century to make use of available resources, such as land and trade.

  3. Role of David 1st This influx could not have happened if David had not encouraged and wanted it. • A variety of reasons for him to do so: • Friends (David knew many barons at Henry’s court) • New style of government (David saw Anglo-Norman kingship and government at work & realisedhe would have to copy it to survive.) • Retinue of knights (David wanted a group of trained knights up-to-date & specially armed) • No local ties (Foreign fighters would be totally loyal to David)

  4. Consequently • The Anglo-Normans brought: • French culture to the upper levels of society • Immigrants from the lower levels of knights and lesser vassals reinforced: • northern middle English in Scots speech and increased the Englishness of society.

  5. Why did they come? • Primogeniture • Many were obscure under-tenants in England • Several of the Barons who came to Scotland received extensive hunting rights. • After the civil war of Stephen’s reign, some of those who came north may have been supporters of the Empress Matilda, as was David.

  6. Native landholders • Unlike in England, native landholders were not removed • Gradually Normans became Earls by intermarriage • Many Celtic customs continued: • land measurement, food renders, thanes as sheriffs or stewards of royal lands, and the common army. • Change gradually affected the peasants as acres and plough gates spread, or as food renders changed to money rent. • “Davachs” continued as a land measurement and “Cain” and “Conveth” continued as a return to a lord.

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