maintaining royal power

• • cumin killed & thousands more normans at york, william swore revenge for them
• • nothern rebels refused to meet him in open battle, leaving as soon as he came, then launching attacks on his men when william tended matters elsewere
  • william wanted to make it impossible for anyone to stay in the area
• • rebellions in the north were triggering rebellions elsewhere in the country & william couldn't keep dragging troops around from one hotspot to another
• • threat of danish invasion was very serius & threatened everything william had achieved in england; prioritising england despite the threat in normandy
• • 100,000 people died
  • crops were burnt & seeds destroyed
  • livestock killed & burnt
  • homes burnt
  • people died of famine or froze
  • people resorted to cannibalism
• | long term impacts

  • diminished the chances of a danish invasion
  • 60% of yorkshire was classed as waste & couldnt be taxed due to no economic activity
  • 150,000 less people than in january 1066
  • harrying of north was widely criticised especially by the pope
  • william devoted much time & money to church for the rest of his reign