The Norman conquest of England began in 1066 when William, Duke of Normandy invaded England and defeated the English army led by King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. William (who became known as William the Conqueror) then spent several years securing control of England through military force and political maneuvers. The Norman conquest had profound and lasting impacts on English society, government, language, architecture, and culture. Elite positions quickly became dominated by Normans, the governmental system was transformed to the feudal model, and the English language incorporated many French/Latin influences.

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3. In 911, French ruler Charles the Simple allowed a group
of Vikings to settle in northern France, a region that was
experiencing extensive Viking resettlement.
Their settlement proved successful, and the Vikings in the
region became known as the Northmen(i.e. Norman) from
which the place name Normandy is derived.

5. Events in the Norman
Conquest

6.  William I, the Conqueror (1066-87)
 William II, Rufus (1087-1100)
 Henry I, Beauclerc (1100-35)
 Stephen (1135-54)
 Empress Matilda (1141)
 Henry II, Curt mantle (1154-89)
 Richard I, the Lion heart (1189-99)
 John, Lockland (1199-1216)
 Henry III (1216-72)
 Edward I, Long shanks (1272-1307)
 Edward II (1307-27)
 Edward III (1327-77)
 Richard II (1377-99)

7.  Death of king:
Edward the confessor
January 1066
 Succession:
Harold Godwinson
Bother- of Edward

8. The Norman conquest of
England began on 28
September 1066 with the
invasion of England by
William, Duke of
Normandy, who became
known as William the
Conqueror after his victory
at the Battle of Hastings
on 14 October
1066, defeating the then
king Harold II of England.

9. „ 14 October 1066
Army of 20000 Norman
warriors
 Combination of
different arms
 Offensive strategy

10. Harold's army was badly
depleted in the English
victory at the Battle of
Stamford Bridge in Northern
England on 25 September
1066 over the army of King
Harald III of Norway. By
early 1071, William had
secured control of most of
England, although rebellions
and resistance continued to
approximately 1088.

11.  He was half-Norman by birth
and had spent most of his life in
Normandy; he appointed
Normans to important positions
in the state . England was
already half 'Normanized' before
the Norman Conquest of 1066.
 Across the Channel in
Normandy, а loud protest was
heard. According to Duke
William, Edward the Confessor
had made the same promise to
him; what was more, Harold had
already accepted William's claim
during а visit to Normandy two
years before.

12.  William swept across the
Channel with his army and
landed near Hastings. Harold
was in the north, where he
invasiond just defeated а Norse,
but he hurried south and, brave
but foolish, offered battle. His
men were tired and he would
have done better to have
starved the Normans out. Still,
his position on а hill was а
strong one, until the Normans,
pretending to run away, lured
the English down the hill.

13.  The second most
powerful man in England
and an advisor to
Edward.
 With this kingly
endorsement, the Witan
(the council of royal
advisors) unanimously
selected Harold as King

14.  Hardrada of Norway struck first. In mid September,
Hardrada's invasion force landed on the Northern English
coast.
 Defeated by Harold
 Resting after his victory, Harold received word of
William's landing near Hastings.

15. William assembled a large invasion fleet and an army gathered from
Normandy and all over France, including large contingents from Brittany and
Flanders. He mustered his forces at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and was ready to cross
the Channel by about 12 August. The exact numbers and composition of William's
force are unknown.A contemporary document claims that William had 726 ships, but
this may be an inflated figure
.
Although the army and fleet were ready by early August, adverse winds
kept the ships in Normandy until late September. There were probably other reasons
for William's delay, including intelligence reports from England revealing that
Harold's forces were deployed along the coast. William would have preferred to delay
the invasion until he could make an unopposed landing.

16.  Harald Hardrada of
Norway
 William, the duke of
Normandy

17. Elite
replacement
English
emigration
Governmental
systems Language
Immigration and
intermarriage
Society

18. Old English
topics French ones
Romance
Allegory
Popular
tales
• Exempli
• Fabliau
• Bestiaries
• Chronicles

19.  800AD – 1100 AD
 Origins: The Bizantine
Empire
 New kind of buildings,
materials and techniques

20.  The Motte and
 Bailey Castles
Fear
Submission
Wealth Envy

21.  Norman stonework
 The Bayeaux Tapestry
 Clunaic reform: recovery
of consecrated scriptoria.

22.  One of the most obvious changes was the introduction of
Anglo-Norman, a northern dialect of Old French, as the
language of the classes in England, displacing Old
English. This predominance was further reinforced and
complicated in the mid-twelfth century by an influx of
followers of the Angevin dynasty, speaking a more
mainstream dialect of French.

23. Before the Normans arrived, Anglo-Saxon
governmental systems were more sophisticated than
their counterparts in Normandy. All of England was
divided into administrative units called shires, with
subdivisions; the royal court was the centre of
government, and royal courts existed to secure the
rights of free men. Shires were run by officials known
as shire reeves or sheriffs. England had a permanent
treasury at Winchester before William's conquest.

25.  Justification of the
illegitimate invasion
 Harold slain with an arrow
through his eye

26.  Elite replacement
 Change on governmental system Feudalism
 Language: Crenchó – Latin – English
 Castles introduced in England
 Laws passed to give normans more power
 Change of buildings’ style
 Army occupation in much of the country
 English bishops and monks  Norman bishops and
monks