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发信人: icecap (冰蓝), 信区: English
标 题: The Normans Consolidate Their Conquest
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (Tue Apr 1 16:57:15 2003) , 转信
The Norman kings consolidate their hold on Britain
The Bayeaux tapestry shows how the military might of the Normans defeated
Harolds exhausted army. Once established as king, William I continued in the
vein of might being right.The Tower of London was built with the express aim
of showing the inhabitants of London who was in charge now. William continued
with a demonic round of castle building across the whole country. The uniquene
ss of the Norman conquest in British history is that not only did the ruler
change, but also the whole of the ruling class changes, and there was even a
new language. The English nobility lost their lands, and the new landowners
built castles like Warwick and Windsor that survive to this day.
By the time William died in 1087 around 100 major castles had been built.
The other major legacy of William's reign is the Domesday Book. William wished
to know the existing and potential value of his new kingdom. Surveyors were
sent out across the whole country and their report was the massive Domesday
Book which noted land down to individual landholdings.
The other Norman Kings, William II, Stephen, Henry I and Henry II were no
pussycats, but they had little efffect on posterity until Henry II ascended
to the throne in 1154.
Remember that William I had been duke of Normandy as well as King of England.
Henry II expanded this empire, as he wasDuke of Aquitaine though his wife's
title. England was there a major player on Continental Europe, and continued
to hold parts of France for 500 years until Calais was finally lost in 1558
Henry II is known for his ordering the murder of the Archbishop Of Cantabury,
Thomas Becket, in Cantabury Cathedral - stabbed at the high alter in 1170.
It did not do to cross the king.
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