During the reign of William the Conqueror there were many small, also big changes but there wasn’t really a revolution in government and administration. The sheriffs weren’t really efficient so they were suspended which is to a small extent a revolution. William also started the Domesday Book. Men were send all over the country so they would visit every shire to find out what land the king had and what taxes he could get for it, also what lands the bishops and earls had and how much taxes the owed the king. The Domesday Book helped to establish control and was an improvement for the English government as William got more information about his finances.
Explain why in the years 1906 to 1911, Stolypin attempted to reform agriculture. (12 marks) Stolypin attempted to reform agriculture for many reasons, one of the most important being to strengthen tsarist autocracy. He strongly believed that the future of Russia depended on building a prosperous peasantry. There was widespread rural poverty but an upper class of peasant that farmed efficiently and were wealthier, they were known as the Kulaks. Stolypin believed that the encouragement of a class such as the Kulaks would make them hostile to further change therefore more conservative and loyal to the Tsar as the Tsar had made them wealthy.
In 1066, William Duke of Normandy, now known as “William The Conqueror” became king of England for several reasons, after the previous king Edward the Confessor. In the elections in 1066, Harold Godwinson was chosen by the witan to be king. William became king after he had defeated Harold in “The Battle of Hastings”. William won from both, William’s skill and Harold mistakes. William also had the opportunity to become king during the elections, because the other candidates had weaknesses: Edgar Aetheling was only 6 years old and he was too young to become king; Harald Hardrada was a Viking and a foreigner, this was to risky; Harold Godwinson wasn’t related to Edward and wasn’t fully English.
Fourth, their use of the feudal system, as well as the administration which accompanied it enabled them to keep their kingdoms and subjects in check. Whilst all these factors played a role, without the force of their armies behind them, the ruler’s control of the kingdom crumbled, marking out force as the most important factor enabling effective royal government. The use of force by rulers was crucial in establishing and maintaining effective royal government in the middle ages. By the victories of armies the rulers of kingdoms could be changed in a very short space of time, as the Norman conquest of England in 1066 aptly demonstrates. This ‘Right of Conquest’ gave rulers a legitimate claim to a throne because of their military might.
They had had enough of political quarrels and instability. But to stay in power, Napoleon needed to do something about France’s problems. There is no doubt that he did, but that doesn’t mean that along the way, he didn’t help himself as well. Before the revolution, peasants had to pay taxes to the nobles and the church. This was not fair as the peasants didn’t have enough money as it was, before they had to pay money to the Church and Nobles.
This book foresees shortcomings for farmers and their crops as well economic distress. Populism is defined as people who are the under caste of society making a political movement. The farmers felt like they were beat around by big businesses, and felt like they had no political outreach to help them get an equal share for their work production. To oppose this they pulled together and formed the populist group called the Farmer’s Alliance. This helped the lower classes feel like they had some people.
Many of the people looked up to the Tsar like a father, not because he was inspirational or because he was exceptional but because 85% of the country, the Peasants were uneducated and so were very easily controlled and influenced. If one is uneducated and knows nothing else except solid Russian traditions like Tsarism then no one will question it and ask if it really is the best option for a country like Russia, for every country has a political system that suits it. However as the peasants and proletariat became better educated they did ask questions and realised that they were under complete authoritarian control. Not only would they query Tsarism as a whole but the actual Tsar, in personality and ability. For however strong the system is at controlling the largely uneducated majority, Tsarism is only as powerful as the Tsar is at the time.
Was his victory inevitable? How did he deal with the problem that he was a foreign invader in a land where people did not like him and did not want him? This essay will discuss the importance of Battle of Hastings and reasons for William’s prevail as it was a first big step for William towards conquering England. Also, the significance of the harrying of the North of England and other riot towns will be looked at as it was vital in terms of gaining full control of England. The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October, 1066 and it was the Normans who eventually came on top as Harold ll was slain and his army was crushed.
If anyone was to attempt to stand up to him he would kill them or torture them. Feudal System Every now and then William was too lazy and tired to do things himself so he hired 2 Lords to do his job and in return, the Lords would receive a large piece of land. The Lords also had the same problem sometimes so they hired 2 Knights each and offered them a smaller piece of land. Even though there was 2 of the Knights, they needed a rest from time to time, so they gave a little piece of land to the Pheasants for doing some work for them. This system was a very good system and worked well because everyone was happy with what they got in return.
There had been a defeat at York. The Viking forces were even greater than those expected from the Normans. Harold had no alternative but to move his army to defend his Kingdom from the Vikings. He force-marched his Army to the North of England, this destroyed King Harold's plans to deal with Duke William's invading force from Normandy. The possibility of an attack from King Harald Hardrada had been totally eclipsed by the gathering invasion force of Duke William.