The Normans |
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Norman soldiers on board ship | 30 |
Duke William bestows arms on Earl Harold | 30 |
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Abbey abbot Æthelred Æthelred II Alfred's Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon Chronicle archbishop architecture barons battle Bayeux Tapestry became bishop Caen Canterbury Carolingian castle Cathedral Channel Church Cnut Cnut's Conqueror Conquest court Crown Danelaw Danes Danish death Domesday Book duchy duke of Normandy Durham earl of Wessex earldom early east ecclesiastical Edward the Confessor eleventh century estates Europe favour feudal Flanders forced forest France French Godwine Hardrada Harold Harthacnut Hastings heir Henry housecarles hundred invaders Jumièges king of England king's kingdom knight-service knights known land Lanfranc later Latin less London lord magnates Matilda medieval Mercia military monasteries monastic monks Morcar native nave Norman northern Northumbria Old English peasant Plate pre-Conquest probably Reformation reign Richard Robert Rollo Roman Romanesque Rouen royal rule ruler Scandinavian sheriff shire style successors survived Sweyn tenure thegns tion Tostig twelfth century vault Viking West Saxon William of Malmesbury Winchester witan Wulfstan