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  2. Marc Morris (historian) - Wikipedia

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    Marc Morris (born 1973) is a British historian, who has also presented a television series, Castle, on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, [1] and wrote the book that accompanied the series. His 2005 book on the earls of the Bigod family was praised for its "impeccable research and fluent sense of narration".

  3. Government in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    Government in Anglo-Saxon England covers English government during the Anglo-Saxon period from the 5th century until the Norman Conquest in 1066. See Government in medieval England for developments after 1066. Until the 9th century, England was divided into multiple Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Each kingdom had its own laws and customs, but all shared ...

  4. Vita Ædwardi Regis - Wikipedia

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    By including a part about how Edward was truly a saint, the book could claim to be a saint's life, and perhaps its pro-Godwin perspective might be overlooked by the Norman conquerors. The poetry of the Vita is a creature of its own. It is interspersed throughout the first part of the book, but it was probably added after the Norman Conquest.

  5. The History of the Norman Conquest of England - Wikipedia

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    Freeman was a man of deeply held convictions, which he expounded in the History of the Norman Conquest and other works with vigour and enthusiasm. These included the belief, common to many thinkers of his generation, in the superiority of those peoples that spoke Indo-European languages, especially the Greek, Roman and Germanic peoples, and in their genetic cousinhood; also in the purely ...

  6. List of English chronicles - Wikipedia

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    Some chronicles are known under the name of the chronicler to whom they are attributed, while some of these writers also have more than one work to their name. Though works may cover more than one reign, each chronicle is listed only once, with the dates covered. Only post-conquest dates have been included.

  7. Norman Conquest - Wikipedia

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    The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

  8. Hamon de Massey - Wikipedia

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    The first Hamon de Massey was the owner of the manors of Agden, Baguley, Bowdon, Dunham, Hale and Little Bollington after the Norman conquest of England (1066), taking over from the Saxon thegn Aelfward according to Domesday Book. [1] His probable birthplace was La Ferté-Macé or Ferté de La Macé, a recently constructed fortress in Normandy.

  9. Anglo-Norman literature - Wikipedia

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    The Norman language was introduced to England during the rule of William the Conqueror.Following the Norman conquest, the Norman language was spoken by England's nobility.. Similar to Latin, the Anglo-Norman language (the variety of Norman used in England) was deemed the literary language of England in the 12th century, and it was in use at the court until the 14th centu

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