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- In his anger he commanded that all crops, herds and food of any kind be brought together and burned to ashes so that the whole region north of the [river] Humber be deprived of any source of sustenance’. William’s ‘scorched earth’ policy came to be known as the ‘Harrying of the North’.
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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.
'Harrying' means to devastate a place. 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 · England in revolt. The Conqueror had come north in the autumn of 1069 to deal with a rebellion, the most serious of his reign to date. Almost as soon as he had been crowned, William had faced uprisings from Englishmen determined to reverse the outcome of Hastings.
Definition. The Harrying of the North refers to a brutal campaign initiated by William the Conqueror between 1069 and 1070, aimed at subduing the rebellious northern regions of England after the Norman Conquest.
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.
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.
