How did the Castles help William the Conqueror control England?

Answer 1

Building castles helped William gain control of England because they stopped Rebellions, gave homes to his knights(which he had promised them) and intimidated the English. I'm writing an essay on it for my homework becasue we've been learning about it for the past 8 weeks.

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Answer 2

=When the Saxons came to England to invade, the English would run up into the castle and stay there (It was always on a very steep hill and people would throw down ladders so the villagers could climb up, then they would pull the ladder up so the Saxons couldn't get there), until the main army came and defeated the enemy.=

Answer 3

Yes

They scared the locals so they wouldn't rebel against the army and they housed knights to take down any local rebellions, and make sure no one got help from Scotland or Wales. As well as the soldiers being housed in the castles they would collect the locals taxes for the barons.

Answer 4

William did rule England but if a war broke he wouldn't succeed and would end up DEAD OR WELL BATTERED! he was rubbish with a sword and didn't know how to win a battle! nobody ever liked him and everyone thought he was a coward!

Answer 5

When the Saxons came to England to invade, the English would run up into the castle and stay there (It was always on a very steep hill and people would throw down ladders so the villagers could climb...

Answer 6

William's castle helped keep the bad people like his opponents, people who he had captured and put in his dungeon's in.

The wall and moat around his castle was a way of keeping the bad people in and a way of getting only a small majority of people out.

There was only one way out, so this stop many people entering his castle. The Castle had a small man made hill in the middle. On the top of this hill was a smaller castle, the traditional looking one... this is where he slept.

Surrounding the hill inside the fort was a small farm, this is where he grew crops, to help the people survive if another King's army put them under siege.

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Answer 7

everyone wanted a place to live so he gave them a place to live and they kept him in power

Answer 8

Building castles helped William the Conqueror look powerful. This helped William take control by basically showing the people of Britain who's boss! It stopped rebellions and intimidated the people of Britain to almost make them scared of him! Hope this helped xo