![]() Bates suggests the word lordshipis more often used to describe changes in the way England’s aristocratic elite organised their powers. I’m all for a bit of etymology in the history classroom and teaching ‘The Feudal System’ lends itself well to that. Here’s how to make it memorable, to build their sense of period and to inspire their curiosity about structures in society. The Feudal System is a window through which learners can understand so much about Norman England. If it’s time to refresh your teaching and build respect for the ‘inventive’, ‘highly organised’, ‘creative’ people alive in the era of the Battle of Hastings, this piece and associated references might provide some ideas. Building not just in the sense of undertaking the construction of magnificent cathedrals and impregnable castles made from stone, but building ways of organising life, faith, government and society. Those living in The Middle Ages were sophisticated people. ![]() The Norman Conquest marked the start of a new long evolutionary process.
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