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    The Normans were a group that arose in Normandy, a region in northern France, from interactions between Viking settlers and local Franks and Romans. In 1066, William, the Duke of Normandy, led an invasion of England. His claim to the English throne came through his relationship to the previous childless king, Edward the Confessor. William defeated the English king Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings and became the new king of England, though he faced rebellions in subsequent years before securely taking the throne in 1072. To control England, William granted lands to his followers, built castles, and conducted a great survey of the country recorded in the Domesday Book.

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    The Normans were a group that arose in Normandy, a region in northern France, from interactions between Viking settlers and local Franks and Romans. In 1066, William, the Duke of Normandy, led an invasion of England. His claim to the English throne came through his relationship to the previous childless king, Edward the Confessor. William defeated the English king Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings and became the new king of England, though he faced rebellions in subsequent years before securely taking the throne in 1072. To control England, William granted lands to his followers, built castles, and conducted a great survey of the country recorded in the Domesday Book.

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    The Normans were a group that arose in Normandy, a region in northern France, from interactions between Viking settlers and local Franks and Romans. In 1066, William, the Duke of Normandy, led an invasion of England. His claim to the English throne came through his relationship to the previous childless king, Edward the Confessor. William defeated the English king Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings and became the new king of England, though he faced rebellions in subsequent years before securely taking the throne in 1072. To control England, William granted lands to his followers, built castles, and conducted a great survey of the country recorded in the Domesday Book.

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    The Normans

    The Normans were an ethnic group that arose in Normandy, a northern region of France, from
    contact between Viking settlers and indigenous Franks, Gallo-Romans.

    The norman conquest of England


    The Norman Conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest)
    was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish,
    and French soldiers led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

    William's claim to the English throne derived from his familial relationship with the childless Anglo-
    Saxon king Edward the Confessor, who may have encouraged William's hopes for the throne. Edward
    died in January 1066 and was succeeded by his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson. The Norwegian
    king Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in September 1066 and was victorious at the Battle
    of Fulford, but Godwinson's army defeated and killed Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on
    25 September. Within days, William landed in southern England. Harold marched south to oppose
    him, leaving a significant portion of his army in the north. Harold's army confronted William's
    invaders on 14 October at the Battle of Hastings; William's force defeated Harold, who was killed in
    the engagement.

    Although William's main rivals were gone, he still faced rebellions over the following years and was
    not secure on his throne until after 1072.
    Location of major events during the Norman conquest of England in 1066:

    The effects of the conquest


    The lands of the resisting English elite were confiscated; some of the elite fled into exile. To control
    his new kingdom, William granted lands to his followers and built castles commanding military
    strongpoints throughout the land with the Domesday Book, a manuscript record of the "Great
    Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales being completed by 1086. Other effects of the
    conquest included the court and government, the introduction of the Norman language as the
    language of the elites, and changes in the composition of the upper classes, as William enfeoffed
    lands to be held directly from the king. More gradual changes affected the agricultural classes and
    village life: the main change appears to have been the formal elimination of slavery, which may or
    may not have been linked to the invasion. There was little alteration in the structure of government,
    as the new Norman administrators took over many of the forms of Anglo-Saxon government.

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