encompass one of the most turbulent periods in English History. Starting with the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest - when William the Conqueror effectively took all of the lands from the Saxon English and gave them to French nobles. The English Middle Ages then saw the building of the great English castles‚ including the Tower of London‚ which helped the Normans to retain their hold on England. The start of the Crusades and the knights of the Middle Ages‚ including the founding of the Knights Templar
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The Bayeux tapestry tells the story of William the Conqueror and Harold‚ Earl of Wessex. The original tapestry was created by Normans and is located in the region of Normandy France. It is believed that Bishop Odo of Bayeux commissioned this pro-Norman‚ anti-English tapestry in the 1070s in order to justify William the Conqueror’s crowning. Scene 3 of “Journey To Normandy” in the tapestry illustrates that Harold had arrived in Normandy by accident and was seized by County Guy’s soldiers and was
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dismount from their horses and attack on foot. This time all the Normans went into battle together. The archers fired their arrows and at the same time the knights and infantry charged up the hill. “This was a turning point in the battle” according to Fred Smithers‚ an archer in William’s army. Stage 4: It was now four in the afternoon. Heavy Saxon casualties from previous attacks meant that the front line was shorter. The Normans now attacked from the side and this time they broke through the
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language have had an influence on each other throughout history. This goes back almost one thousand years ago to the Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror. William the Conqueror was born in 1028 in Normandy‚ France. He became the duke of Normandy at only seven years old and died in 1087 also in Normandy‚ France. William the Conqueror assembled a fleet in 1066 to invade England‚ this was all because King Edward had promised the throne to William after William had visited France in 1051 but
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Why did William the Conqueror win the battle of Hastings? The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14th October 1066 - between Harold Godwinson of England and William of Normandy. The conflict started because when King Edward died‚ he left no heir to inherit the crown‚ which left three men claiming to be the next King of England. These three contenders to the throne were Harold Godwinson who was the only Englishman and related to the old king by marriage‚ Harald Hadrada and William the Conqueror who
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Lecture I The literature of England (America) Plan: I Short survey to the literature of England (America) II Directions of the literature: Romanticism. Realism. Naturalism. III Romanticism. Romanticism in literature. Romanticism and society. IV The theory of naturalism. Naturalism in fiction. V Realism.Realism in fiction. American and English literature begins with the orally transmitted myths‚ legends‚ tales and lyrics (always songs) of
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Glossary *Philology (fill-oll-oh-gee) The study of texts and of written records‚ the study of their age and their original form *Runes (roons) Any of the letters or characters of an alphabet (in varying forms) used by the ancient Teutonic peoples‚ esp.‚ the Scandinavians; hence‚ something written or inscribed in such characters. *Epithet (ep-a-thet) A word applied to describe anything or anyone for example‚ “Richard the Lion-Hearted” is an epithet of Richard I. * Indo-European A large variety
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were stripped of rights and privileges. The Saxons organized many rebellions they were all unsuccessful and were easily embossed out. William‚ the Duke of Normandy‚ was the cousin of Edward‚ the King of England. The death of King Edward was the in early 1066’s; the throne of England fell into dispute with many different
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William the conquer William the conqueror or before that William The bastard‚ he was many things and went by many different names Duke of Normandy‚ King of England. William was born at Falaise in 1027 and although not proven it’s said he was already at a young age destined for greatness and his future achievements were anticipated. He was the bastard son of Robert the first the sixth Duke of Normandy. It was said if he were to perish on his travels to Jerusalem that his
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The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman army of Duke William of Normandy and an English army under King Harold Godwinson‚ following the death of Edward the confessor which left no heir to the English throne. Three men competed for the throne these were: Harold Godwinson an English noble man also Edward’s son in law; Harald Hadrada a Viking warrior who had never lost a battle and finally the next king William duke of Normandy. The battle started at about 9 am‚ Harold’s
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