The Power of the English Earls, 1016-1066 | GCSE History | Anglo-Saxon & Norman England

It’s Autumn 1016 and the Danish viking King Cnut has just successfully conquered England. As part of his measures to secure control over the country, the following year, he introduces earls and earldoms.

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Note: The maps used in this video to show the earldoms are only roughly accurate as there is no actual record of what the exact borders of the earldoms were at any given point.

FOOTNOTES:
[1] Richard Huscroft, Ruling England 1042-1217 (2nd end, London, 2016), p. 28.
[2] Ibid., p. 21.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Barlow, Frank, The Godwins: The Rise and Fall of a Noble Dynasty (Oxford, 2003).
Bircher, Rob, Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060-1087 (1st edn, London, 2016), pp. 12-14.
Green, Judith A., Forging the Kingdom: Power in English Society, 973-1189 (Cambridge, 2017).
Huscroft, Richard, Ruling England 1042-1217 (2nd end, London, 2016).
Stenton, Frank Merry, Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford, 1971).

*I rely on an official GCSE textbook heavily for the purpose of making sure that what I’m teaching falls in line with the GCSE curriculum, the problem with this, however, is that this official GCSE textbook is a somewhat questionable source. The textbook does not cite its sources, contains numerous errors and often outdated interpretations of the history. It very much does not hold up to academic standards and should not be used for anything other than GCSE revision.

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0:00 Intro
0:18 Brief History of Earldoms
1:44 What Do Earls Do?
3:08 Limits to the Earls' Power
4:51 The Witan
5:48 Outro

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