1066 and the Feudal System
The Anglo-Saxon era came to an end with the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Key words
- Profound: felt or experienced very strongly or in an extreme way
His mother's death had a very profound effect on him.
- Feudal: relating to the social system of western Europe in the Middle Ages where peasants received land to live and work on from the nobility, and in return had to work and fight for them
The transition from feudalism to capitalism lasted many centuries.
- Hereditary: passing from a parent to a child
It is a hereditary title, so Mark Howard will become Sir Mark Howard on his father's death.
- Apocalypse: the total destruction and end of the world
The word "apocalypse" is often used to refer to a catastrophic event, but its original meaning is quite different.
- Subsequent: happening after something else
The book discusses his illness and subsequent resignation from politics..
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- What language did the Normans speak?
- What did it merge with and become?
- What kind of system did they set up?
- Why did this system disappear?
Norman Conquest
The Anglo-Saxon era ended with the Norman Conquest in 1066, when William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings. Norman rule in England brought profound changes in government, language, culture, and social structures.
The new rulers used Norman French instead of the native language known as Old English, the Germanic language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons in England. Over time, however, Old English and Norman French began to merge, resulting in the development of Middle English.