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UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA School of History Main Series UG Examination 2013-14

ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, c.500-1066

HISH2A93

Time allowed: 2 hours Answer TWO questions

Do not use the same material in the same way in more than one answer in this paper.

Notes are not permitted in this examination. Do not turn over until you are told to do so by the Invigilator.

HISH2A93 Copyright of the University of East Anglia

Module Contact: Prof S Church Version 2

Page 2 1. EITHER How did the Germanic invaders come to dominate lowland Britain? OR To what extent do artefacts and archaeology provide their own unique insights into Anglo-Saxon history? 2. EITHER Who converted the 'English' to Christianity? OR To what extent could a king dictate the faith of his subjects? 3.

Does Bede reveal his purpose in writing his Ecclesiastical History?

4. Why were the Mercian kings able to dominate southern Britannia in the eighth century? 5. EITHER Why were the West Saxon kings able to dominate southern Britannia in the ninth century? OR How was Alfred able to mobilise his people against viking attempts to settle in Wessex? 6. EITHER When was England created? OR Why was Church reform at the centre of the political debate in the reign of Edgar? 7.

Was Ethelred the author of his own downfall?

8. EITHER What evidence survives to help us to understand the nature of aristocratic society in tenth- and eleventh-century England? OR What evidence survives to help us understand the ways in which the AngloSaxons expressed their religious beliefs in the tenth and eleventh centuries? 9.

Why did the rule of the 'Danish kings' come to an end?

10. 'God's judgment on the field of battle was that Harold Godwinson was a usurper.’ Discuss.

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