The harrying of the North

• Harrying of the North began


  Winter of 1069
• The Harrying of the North would come to be known as the most notorious period of William's reign
• William's actions during the Harrying of the North

  1. Decimated the North of England

  2. Scorched the earth

  3. Destroyed houses, crops, livestock

  4. Over 100 thousand people died due to cold and starvation

  5. Some people even turned to cannibalism
• According to the Domesday Book, the region had still not recovered 20 years later
• As a result of the Harrying of the North

  There were no further rebellions in the North