How did William the Conqueror reward followers?

Answer 1

With land. He just took it from the Saxons who ruled it and handed it to his men, complete with the peasants (serfs or villeins) who worked it. For example, a certain M. d'Isigny, who had roughly the status of a Sergeant in William's army, got a village in Nottinghamshire called Norton, which became Norton d'Isigny and in the course of time Norton Disney. The family later emigrated to America and became quite famous.

Answer 2

If your allies helped you win battles, you would want to reward them or they could turn against you. That was why William gave land to the people who helped him.

Castles, initially a wooden house on a mound surrounded by a stockade fence, were there to stop any insurrections from the local people and a standard tactic used in northern France to keep the people in their place.

Answer 3

In order to gain men and support for his invasion of England, William I promised many French and Norman lords and knights land in England in return for their help in the battle.

Answer 4

because he wAS VERY NICE AND LOVED TO BE VERY NVSDE