" The Norman invasion"

The Norman invasion:

We are now to doing to explore the places associated with the Norman invasion of 1066 and its aftermath.

(conseguenze).  Edward the Confessor,who had restored the Royal House of Wessex to the English throne in 1042, died childless in January 1066, leaving his successor to be decided by the sword. Edward's brother-in-law, Harold Godwineson, wasted no time asserting his right to the throne and had himself crowned on the day of Edward's burial.( Non perse tempo ha richiedere il suo diritto al trono e fu incoronato il giorno della sepoltura di Edward).

William invades:

Although William,Duke of Normandy, was more distantly related to Edward than Harold,he asserted that he had earlier been promised the throne by Edward. He gathered together his supporters and prepared to invade. William finally crossed the English Channel and landed in Pervensey on 28th September. The Normans laid waste to some of the locality but avoid moving far inland,waiting instead for a reaction from the English. In a confident mood, Harold marched his army quickly down to the south,hoping to destroy the Normans in one decisive clash.

The battle of Hastings:

The meeting of the two armies at Hastings on 14th October is one of the most famous moments in British history. William used archers and mounted warriors,whereas Harold's men were mostly foot soldiers,who relied on their shield wall to protect them from enemy assaults. The battle raged for hours before the more mobile Normans eventually managed to make inroads against the English shield wall. A crucial moment came when Harold was killed. After this, the English were overcome and the death of Harold's two brothers turned the defeat into a catastrophe, leaving the country without a strong leader to oppose William.

Norman rule:

For the next few years William was regularly engaged in putting down rebellions in various parts of the land. Gradually he was able to impose his own authority and conclude the only successful invasion of England in the past 1.000 years. The Norman Conquest brought sweeping changes. The Anglo-Saxon aristocracy was replaced by William's followers, who cemented their positions with castle-building. Another visible sign of Norman rule was churches that adorned the towns and villages of the land. On a cultural level, England turned away from Scandinavia and established closer ties with western Europe and, on a linguistic level. there was an injection of romance languages into the vernacular (volgare),pushing the Old English language into retreat.( Inghilterra si allontanò dalla Scandinavia stabilendo dei legami più stretti con l'Europa.

I Normanni:


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