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The Harrying of the North (Harrowing of the North) is basically the destruction of the North. This happened because around 1069 William the Conqueror introduced taxes to the Kingdom of England. The people of the North (of Saxon and Viking ancestry) could not afford to be paying the taxes and didn't want to be paying them therefore they began to rebel against William. As a leader, King William II could not afford any rebellions, especially with them being the closest descendants to the previous Vikings and Saxons that owned the Kingdom before he did. William knew that in order to keep control of England he had to have no rebels and had to set an example to those who dare disobey him, resulting in the Harrying. William sent soldiers North to destroy all in the area, people guilty and innocent of rebelling were murdered by the sword of Williams soldiers, land was burnt so no crops could grow for some time after and livestock was killed so those that survived died of famine. This was the beginning of Alan (The Red) Rufus' watch over Yorkshire as his loyalty to William throughout his reign and the Harrying meant that he received the Honour of Richmond.
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Where was the harrying of the north?
The harrying of the north took place in the north of England in the winter of 1069 and 1070.
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The Harrying of the North was not a person. It was one of the ways that William I controlled England. William's army went up the the top half of England. It was very unpopular. For more information see: What was the Harrying of the North?
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nothing
What was the effect on England by the harrying of the north?
stuff
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Hereward the wake and the fens were rebelling on William
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in the harrying of the north williams ary had gone to the noth and burnt houses throw salt on the floor
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Harrying of the north I believe
What does harrying of the north mean?
I don't know wat it means
How many people died in the harrying of the north?
Lot's and lot's
When did the harrying of the north end?
the harrying of the north ended in 1071. This was when the people in the north of England stopped rebelling because William had killed 100,000, 10,000 of which starved to death because of the fact that William, Duke of Normandy burned down all their crops.
What was Williams brutal conquest of northern England called?
harrying of the north
What year did the famine begin?
1845.
