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Edexcel GCSE History: Paper 2 Option B1 — Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060-88

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  • Topic 1 — Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest, 1060–66

    • 1.1 – Anglo-Saxon government, economy and society
    • 1.2 – The last years of Edward the Confessor and the succession crisis
    • 1.3 – The rival claimants for the throne
    • 1.4 – The Norman invasion

  • Topic 2 — William I in power: securing the kingdom, 1066–87

    • 2.1 – Establishing control
    • 2.2 – Anglo-Saxon resistance, 1068–71
    • 2.3 – The legacy of resistance to 1087
    • 2.4 – Revolt of the Earls, 1075

  • Topic 3 — Norman England, 1066–88

    • 3.1 – The feudal system and the Church
    • 3.2 – Norman government
    • 3.3 – The Norman aristocracy
    • 3.4 – William I and the succession

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