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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.
In 1069, William decided to deal with uprisings in the north with an event that became known as 'The Harrying of the North'. Norman soldiers stormed villages, killing many people, burning fields, and destroying livestock and food stores.
- The Harrying of the North began in the winter of 1069 and continued into 1070.
- The Harrying of the North was important because it marked a turning point in William's strategy for dealing with rebellions . The consequences made...
- It is possible that William ordered the Harrying of the North in a fit of rage - there is evidence that he regretted it afterwards. However, at the...
- The effects of the Harrying of the North in the short-term were horrific. An estimated 100,000 to 150,000 people were either killed, died of starva...
- The effects of the Harrying of the North lasted for many years. ❖ There were no further uprisings in...
- It is unsure how many people were killed or died of starvation as a result of the Harrying of the North, but estimates range between 80,000 and 100...
Oct 7, 2019 · William I’s Harrying of the North of England over the winter of 1069/70 resulted in perhaps 150,000 deaths, reducing many victims to eating cats, dogs and even one another. So should it, asks Marc Morris, be branded a genocide?
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.
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The Harrying of the North happened in wintertime, from October 1069 to March 1070. It essentially tried to make the north of England uninhabitable. All the land from York and Hull north (between the Rivers Tees and Humber) was essentially destroyed.
