Medieval Britain 1066-1509
HA Resources
The development of Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509
While the 2014 Curriculum sets out the broad focus of each particular content area, considerable choice has been left to history departments in determining which particular events or developments to include and how they can best 'combine overview and depth studies to help pupils understand both the long arc of development and the complexity of specific aspects of the content'.
The suggested content - listed by the DfE - is as follows.
- The Norman Conquest
- Christendom, the importance of religion and the Crusades
- The struggle between Church and crown
- Magna Carta and the emergence of Parliament
- The English campaigns to conquer Wales and Scotland up to 1314
- Society, economy and culture: for example, feudalism, religion in daily life (parishes, monasteries, abbeys), farming, trade and towns (especially the wool trade), art, architecture and literature
- The Black Death and its social and economic impact
- The Peasants' Revolt
- The Hundred Years War
- The Wars of the Roses; Henry VII and attempts to restore stability
A range of resources related to this particular aspect of the curriculum can be accessed here.
HA Podcasted History: William I to Henry VII
Year 7 pupils collaboratively design an historical game about a medieval peasant
Enquiries to engage Year 7 in medieval anarchy
Polychronicon 148: The Wars of the Roses
Mad or Bad? Was Henry VI a tyrant? Presidential Lecture 2011
When were Jews in medieval England most in danger?
Why Medieval History Matters? Podcast
England's Immigrants 1330-1550 - Podcast & Film
Getting Year 7 to vocalise responses to the murder of Thomas Becket
From human-scale to abstract analysis: Year 7. Henry II & Becket
The Norman Conquest: why did it matter?
1066: The Limits of our Knowledge
Edward the Confessor and the Norman Conquest