A complete resource for National Curriculum programmes of study.

Develops pupils' analytical and communication skills by encouraging them to make their own historical judgements based on the evidence provided. The strong mix of narrative information and sources meets the National Curriculum requirements of knowledge and historical enquiry.

This is book 1 in Sense Of History .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1991 by Pearson Education Limited .

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 The Norman conquest: the comet and 1066; who were the English?; why did Duke William invade?; who were the Normans?; the Battle of Hastings; what changed as a result of the conquest?. Part 2 The King governs the realm: the White Ship; Henry I's dream - the three estates; how the King governed; John and Magna Carta. Part 3 Living and working: on the land; the world of Piers Ploughman; markets; shops and trades, crafts and guilds; games and entertainment. Part 4 The age of faith: popular Christian belief; parish church and parish priest; festivals; the search for Godly life; Church and state - Henry II and Becket; pilgrimage. Part 5 The British Isles to c. 1400: the British Isles in 1100; the British Isles in 1175; Wales; Scotland; Ireland. Part 6 Wars and warfare: when and where?; knights and chivalry; technology of war; effects of war - taxation, looting. Part 7 Making and selling: what was wanted - what was made; running a merchant business; exchange and money; Britain and Europe; merchant wealth; charity and good works; the Jews in Britain. Part 8 The Black Death and the Peasants Revolt: health and disease; Black Death - its causes and consequences; Peasants Revolt - a case study. Part 9 Reading, learning and printing: literacy; development of the English language; literature - Chaucer, Langland; invention of the press; what was printed?; universities and learning. Part 10 Britain in 1500: taking stock; the monarchy - Henry VII; Wars of the Roses - the end of the barons?; new wealth - merchants and landowners; the Church and belief - rumblings of change; national feeling; a changing world - voyages of discovery.