... North. Evidence that shows the people of Yorkshire were treated badly includes somebody once saying that William I had, "commanded that all crops and herds, chattels and food of every kind should be brought together and burned to ashes with consuming fire, so that the whole region north of the Humber might be stripped of all means of sustenance"¹. This shows the extent of cruelty that was shown to the people of Yorkshire and was the reason why the people were so angry and needed controlling. By building the castle, Robert De Romille managed to put fear in the villagers, as they felt dominated by the presence of such a huge building and the safety that it offered Robert de Romille. The castle was not really needed for defensive purposes against the villagers as they were not much threat to the Normans as it was only a small number of ...

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