British History The Norman Conquest ( 1066

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British HistoryThe Norman Conquest( 1066
1154)

• Fabio Pesaresi
• fpesaresi_at_alice.it

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The Normans

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• Edward the Confessor
• dies in 1066
• (no children)
• Claimants to the throne
• Harold William Harald
  Hardrada

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William the Conqueror

• 1066
• Defeats Harold
• at the
• Battle of Hastings

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Events in 1066

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Bayeux tapestry

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• William
• Duke of Normandy
• crowned king
• on
• Christmas Day 1066

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• Distributed lands to noblemen
• but NOT forests and towns
• Permitted to build castlesto dominate the
  lands(White Tower in London)

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Feudal system
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Feudal duties

The socage
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Domesday Book(1086)

• to know the state of his realm
• to levy property taxes (geld)

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Relationship with the Church

• Business-like relationship with the
  Church(Peters Pence)
• Ecclesiastical courts for the clergynormal
  courts not influenced by the church

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Successors

• William II Rufus (1087-1100)
• Henry I (1100-1135) Empress
  
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  Matilda
• Stephen