The Battle of Hastings
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Doomsday Book
When william the conqueror commissioned a doomsday book, which is a kind of basing inventory of this kingdom hd just conquered. None of the top rank of william's aristocracy were english. There was only one english bishop. Of the thousand magnates, the men who hold land directly from the king, only 13 were english. And the level down from them, the sub tenants, the gentry, only ten % have english names. The normans invaded, fought a bloody, decisive battle at hastings, and then subsequent campaigns, pacifications, castle building, terrorization. They succeeded in replacing the native elite of a kingdom with profound changes that endure. What hupp
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