Editing Yorkshire (section)

====1000s–1100s: Harrying of the north====
[[File:Doomsday Book - Counties of England - 1086.png|thumb|right|The counties of England in 1086]]
In the weeks leading up to the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066&nbsp;AD, [[Harold Godwinson|Harold II of England]] was distracted by pushing back efforts to reinstate the kingdom of Jorvik and Danelaw. His brother [[Tostig Godwinson|Tostig]] and [[Harald Hardrada]], [[King of Norway]], having won the [[Battle of Fulford]]. The King of England marched north where the two armies met at the [[Battle of Stamford Bridge]]. Tostig and Hardrada were both killed and their army was defeated decisively.

Harold Godwinson was forced immediately to march his army south, where [[William the Conqueror]] was landing. The King was defeated in what is now known as the [[Battle of Hastings]], which led to the [[Norman conquest of England]].

The people of the North rebelled against the Normans in September 1069&nbsp;AD, enlisting [[Sweyn II of Denmark]]. They tried to take back York, but the Normans burnt it before they could.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://allabout1066.net/north_east_1069.htm| publisher=The Norman Conquest School Site| title=Resistance in the North East – 1069| access-date=3 October 2008| archive-date=26 October 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043408/http://www.allabout1066.net/north_east_1069.htm| url-status=usurped}}</ref> What followed was the [[Harrying of the North]] ordered by William. From York to [[Durham, England|Durham]], crops, domestic animals, and farming tools were [[Scorched earth|scorched]]. Many villages between the towns were burnt and local northerners were indiscriminately murdered.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://allabout1066.net/harrying.htm| publisher=The Norman Conquest School Site| title=Harrying of the North| access-date=24 October 2007| archive-date=24 October 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024202922/http://www.allabout1066.net/harrying.htm| url-status=usurped}}</ref> During the winter that followed, families starved to death and thousands of peasants died of cold and hunger. [[Orderic Vitalis]] estimated that "more than 100,000" people from the North died from hunger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allabout1066.net/orderics_reaction.htm|publisher=The Norman Conquest School Site|title=Orderic's reaction|access-date=24 October 2007|archive-date=26 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026043414/http://www.allabout1066.net/orderics_reaction.htm|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

[[File:YorkMinsterWest.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|York Minster, western elevation]]
In the centuries following, many [[abbey]]s and [[priory|priories]] were built in Yorkshire. Norman landowners increased their revenues and established new towns such as [[Barnsley]], [[Doncaster]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[Leeds]], [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] and [[Sheffield]], among others. Of towns founded before the conquest, only [[Bridlington]], [[Pocklington]], and [[York]] continued at a prominent level.<ref name="rulocal">{{cite web| url=http://www.localhistories.org/yorkshire.html| publisher=LocalHistories.org| title=Yorkshire| access-date=24 October 2007| archive-date=15 September 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915105318/http://www.localhistories.org/Yorkshire.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

In the early 12th century, people of Yorkshire had to contend with the [[Battle of the Standard]] at [[Northallerton]] with the [[Scottish people|Scots]]. Representing the [[Kingdom of England]] led by [[Thurstan|Archbishop Thurstan of York]], soldiers from Yorkshire defeated the more numerous Scots.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.britainexpress.com/History/battles/standard.htm| publisher=Britain Express| title=The Battle of the Standard| access-date=25 October 2007| archive-date=30 September 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155253/http://www.britainexpress.com/History/battles/standard.htm| url-status=live}}</ref>