Norman Conquest

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Norman Conquest
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Edward the Confessor

• Sweden
• Hungary
• Normandy
• England
• Canute reigned till 1035
• Edward reigned till 1065

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The Westminster Abbey

• Benedictine monastery
• Architectural masterpiece
• In London

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Harold Godwin

• Powerful nobleman
• Chief minister
• Promise
• Last Anglo-Saxon king
• Battles

Harold Godwin
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Harald Hardraada

• A descendant of King Canute of England.
• Claimed the throne of England
• Got six feet of land

• Was frequently at war and usually won.
• Collected lots of taxes from his people to pay
  for wars.
• Very unpopular, but powerful.

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William of Normandy

• Also known as William the Conqueror
• The Battle of Hastings
• Feudal system
• The Domesday Book
• Tower of London
• Divided his possessions
• between his sons
• French language

William of Normandy
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The Battle of Hastings

• 14 October 1066
• Duke William II of Normandy and King Harold II
• The throne of England
• England was conquered
• The Bayeux Tapestry

William the Conqueror invades England
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The Bayeux Tapestry

• 1080
• Norman conquest of England
• The Battle of Hastings
• Halleys Comet
• Masterpiece of medieval art
• Valuable historical document

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The Battle of Hastings
Halleys Comet
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William II (Rufus)

• The third son of William of Normandy
• Also known as William Rufus
• Brothers Robert and Henry
• Sister Adela
• Inherited England
• Death in the New Forest

William II (Rufus)
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Sources

• http//www.sights-and-culture.com/London/Westminst
  er-Abbey.html
• saints.sqpn.com/saint-edward-the-confessor/
• http//www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/1066_claims
  /claimants_harald.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_of_England
  
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror
  Reforms
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry