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The Harrying of the North was a series of military campaigns waged by William the Conqueror in the winter of 1069–1070 to subjugate Northern England, where the presence of the last Wessex claimant, Edgar Ætheling, had encouraged Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian, Anglo-Scandinavian and Danish rebellions.
Revision notes on The Harrying of the North, 1069-1070 for the Edexcel GCSE History syllabus, written by the History experts at Save My Exams.
Jan 18, 2019 · The Harrying of the North. Any lingering rebels across the north of England were mercilessly hunted down and executed or mutilated over the winter of 1069-1070 CE.
- Mark Cartwright
Norman soldiers systematically killed rebels and destroyed food across Yorkshire – later known as ‘Harrying the North’. The resulting famine caused as many as 100 000 people to vanish from the records. There were no further uprisings in the North, but William was criticised for excessive brutality.
The Harrying of the North. The winter of 1069 - 1070 is remembered in England as the most notorious period in the whole of King William’s reign. Faced with local rebellions in...
Oct 12, 2016 · For several years afterwards, the country was riven by internal conflict as the Normans fought to extend their rule, climaxing in a notorious campaign known today as the ‘Harrying of the North’.
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Known as the Harrowing of the North, this destroyed crops, livestock and food stores, razed villages to the ground, and slaughtered the inhabitants. The death toll was put as high as 100,000, the majority of whom died from starvation following the famine which came in the wake of the “harrowing”.
