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Norman Conquest and Its
Influence
Abstract:
King
Edward had promised the English throne to William,
but
The Witan chose Harold as king. So
William led his army to invade England. In
October 1066, during the important
battle of Hastings, William defeated
Ha
rold
and killed him. One
Christmas Day, William was crowned king of
England, thus
beginning the Norman
Conquest of England.
William the
Conqueror confiscated almost all the land and gave
it to his Norman
followers. He replaced
the weak Saxon rule with a strong Norman
government.
So the feudal system was
completely established in England. Relations with
the
Continent were opened, and the
civilization and commerce were extended.
Norman-French culture, language,
manners and architecture were introduced.
The Church was brought into closer
connection with Rome, and the church
courts were separated from the civil
courts.
Key words:
Norman
Conquest; influence
Norman Conquest
Edward
died
in
1066.
Upon
his
death
bed
he
recommended
his
successor
a
great
warrior
name
d
Harold
who
was
his
wife
’
s
brother
.
Harold
was
not
from
the royal family,
he
was accepted as king only
upon Edward
’
s
recommendation.
And this
gave rise to dispute over his claim to the crown.
William,
Duke
of
Normandy,
was
Edward
’
s
cousin.
He
claimed
that
Edward
had
promised
the
crown
to
him
before
his
death.
William
also
claimed
that
Harold
had
promised to
help
him to
become the king of
England.
What
he said
might
be
true.
He
became
very
angry
when
he
heard
that
Harold
had
snapped
the
crown from him.
Harold
knew
that
William
would
come
to
measure
swords
with
him.
He
was
prepared
to fight, placing an army on the southern coast of
England to watch for
William
’
s
coming.
Several
months
passed
by
and
William
failed
to
appear
.
He
was abiding his time. When the harvest
time in England came, many of
Harold
’
s
soldiers
went
back to
their
homes to gather in
the crops. The coast was thus left
undefended.
William
seized
the
chance
and
landed
his
army
in
Southeastern
England
without
opposition
in
September
,
1066.
Harold,
who
was
fighting
in
the
north,
hurried
back
with
his
men.
The
two
armies
met
near
Hastings
in
Southeastern
England.
The
Normans,
armed
with
bows
and
arrows,
defeated
the
Anglo-Saxons
who
fought
with
battle-axes.
Harold
was
killed
and
English
soldiers
were
put
to
fight.
But
the
Normans
were
not
so
strong
as
to
storm
London
directly.
They
then
crossed
the
Thames
River
and
established
their
camps
a
few
miles
from
the
city,
cutting
its
connection
with
the
hinterland.
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