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1066, the Norman conquest of England
Title: 1066, the Norman conquest of England
Category: History / European History
Details: Words: 1053 | Pages: 4.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
1066, the Norman conquest of England
England...'was a farming country, land was its absorbing interest; and
originally plots of land had been owned outright by the men who settled and
cleared them, and inherited by their children. But such independent farmers
had no defense against the Viking raids, or resources to tide them over disasters
like cattle sickness, a series of bad harvests, fire or storm. In the course of time,
almost every man in the country had attached himself …showed first 75 words of 1053 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1053 total…the Battle of Hastings and he and his army was
defeated.
William really thought God was helping him get England but I believe it
was all luck. It also helped that the English were scared of being punished by
God because of what Harold did so they didn't try to stop William from taking
the throne.
I believe that England could have been Harold's if William never got the
excommunication from the Pope for Harold.
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