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  2. Charter to the Normans - Wikipedia

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    The Charter to the Normans, or Norman Charter, [1] is a document granting certain rights or privileges to the Normans, issued on 19 March 1315, [2] by the King of France, Louis X, who, in response to the impatient Norman barons, confirmed all its terms in July 1315.

  3. Laws of William the Conqueror - Wikipedia

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    The sixth law stated that if a Norman shall charge an Englishman with a crime, then the Englishman can defend himself in such manner as he prefers: with either a hot iron or a battle. [3] The seventh law stated that people shall follow the laws of King Edward the Confessor in respect to lands and possessions. [3]

  4. William the Conqueror - Wikipedia

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    William the Conqueror William is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helmet to show that he is still alive. King of England Reign 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 1066 Predecessor Edgar Ætheling (uncrowned) Harold II (crowned) Successor William II Duke of Normandy Reign 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 Predecessor Robert I ...

  5. Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081) - Wikipedia

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    The Normans first arrived in Southern Italy in 1015 from northern France and served local Lombard lords as mercenaries against the Byzantine Empire. [6] As they were paid with lands, soon they were powerful enough to challenge Papal authority; in 1054, they defeated the Papal States at the Battle of Civitate, forcing the Holy See to acknowledge their authority. [7]

  6. Richard I of Normandy - Wikipedia

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    1st Norman count of Rouen r. 911–927 House of Normandy: William "Longsword" c. 893 –942 2nd Norman count of Rouen r. 927–942: Duke of Normandy, 942: Richard I "the Fearless" 932–996 1st Duke of Normandy r. 942–996: Richard II "the Good" d. 1026 2nd Duke of Normandy r. 996–1027: Robert Count of Évreux, Archbishop of Rouen: Mauger c ...

  7. William of Talou - Wikipedia

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    In 1035, following the death of Robert I of Normandy on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, William of Talou challenged his nephew's right to succeed his father, basing his own claim on a legitimate descent from Richard II. [4] But the young Duke William had the backing of his powerful great-uncle, Robert II, the archbishop of Rouen. [2]

  8. Government in Norman and Angevin England - Wikipedia

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    After the Norman Conquest, the king's household troops remained central to any royal army. But the Normans also introduced a new feudal element to the English military. The king's tenants-in-chief (his feudal barons) were obligated to provide mounted knights for service in the royal army or to garrison royal castles. [103]

  9. Witan - Wikipedia

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    The "Saxon myth" claimed that the old Saxon witan was the representative assembly of English landholders until disbanded by the Norman invaders and that it reemerged as the Parliament of England. This idea was held across the Thirteen Colonies in North America in the years prior to the American Revolution (1776–1783).