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“Carolingian” England. 800-1000. 9 th century England, 802-886. Canute. Edmund Ironside and Canute. Questions. What are shires and hundreds? How did Cnut's taking over the English kingship change English institutions?
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“Carolingian” England 800-1000
Canute • Edmund Ironside and Canute
Questions • What are shires and hundreds? • How did Cnut's taking over the English kingship change English institutions? • In what ways did England (which never came under Carolingian control) reflect Carolingian practice, even long after the Carolingian Empire had broken up on the Continent? • What was the "Great Army“ of the Vikings? • What innovations did Alfred institute in order to fight off the Vikings? • At what point, according to Wickham, did England become a kingdom? • What was the basis for the "structural coherence" of England, which survived changes in the ruling elites? • What was the role of Alfred's intellectual revival in his kingship? • Domesday Book • What was unique about English landholding? How did this affect the peasantry as time went on?
Homework Questions • What does the Battle of Maldon illustrate about the military classes in English society? (Note: you need both Rosenwein'sSources and Wickham to answer this question.) • What features of King Aethelred'sLaw Code illustrate what you have learned about the extent of English kingship?