Faster access than browser!
184 relations: Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen, Abbot of Evesham, Aelred of Rievaulx, Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Anglo-Saxons, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of York, Avranches, Æthelred the Unready, Æthelwig, Battle of Bouvines, Battle of Fulford, Battle of Hastings, Battle of Stamford Bridge, Battle, East Sussex, Bayeux Tapestry, BBC, Berkhamsted, Bessin, Bishop of Worcester, Black Sea, Bretons, Brian of Brittany, Brittany, Byzantine Empire, Canon law, Canute IV of Denmark, Carolingian dynasty, Castle, Catholic Church, Charles the Simple, Charter, Cheshire, Chiltern Hills, Christianity, Cnut the Great, Common-law marriage, Companions of William the Conqueror, Copsi, Cornwall, Cotentin Peninsula, Court (royal), Danegeld, Domesday Book, Dorset, Duchy of Normandy, Eadric the Wild, Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar, Ealdred (archbishop of York), ..., Earl of Hereford, Earl of Norfolk, Earl of Northumbria, Earl of Wessex, East Anglia, Edgar Ætheling, Edith the Fair, Edmund Ironside, Edward the Confessor, Edwin, Earl of Mercia, Ely, Cambridgeshire, Emma of Normandy, England, Epithet, Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, Exning, Feoffment, Feudal land tenure in England, Feudalism, Flanders, Fyrd, Geoffrey de Montbray, Germanic name, Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria, Gwynedd, Gyrth Godwinson, Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, Harald Hardrada, Harold Godwinson, Harrying of the North, Harthacnut, Hastings, Hereford, Hereward the Wake, History of Anglo-Saxon England, Housecarl, Isle of Ely, Kent, Kingdom of England, Lanfranc, Langues d'oïl, Leges Henrici Primi, Leofwine Godwinson, Lincoln, England, Lincolnshire, List of Norwegian monarchs, London Bridge, Magnus the Good, Malcolm III of Scotland, Matilda of Flanders, Mercia, Montacute Castle, Morcar, Motte-and-bailey castle, Norman language, Norman yoke, Normans, Norse activity in the British Isles, Norwich Castle, Odo of Bayeux, Odo, Count of Penthièvre, Old English, Old French, Old Norse, Orkney, Osprey Publishing, Osulf II of Bamburgh, Paganism, Papal legate, Penance, Pevensey, Pontefract, Pope Alexander II, Powys, R. W. Southern, Ralph de Gael, Reeve (England), Revolt of the Earls, Richard, Richard fitz Gilbert, Richard II, Duke of Normandy, River Aire, River Tees, River Thames, Robert, Robert de Comines, Robert, Count of Mortain, Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Rollo, Royal forest, Saint Margaret of Scotland, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Salisbury, Serfdom, Sheriff, Shield wall, Shire, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Siege of Exeter (1068), Siward Barn, Slavery in Britain, Somerset, Southwark, Stafford, Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, Stigand, Sussex, Sweyn Forkbeard, Sweyn II of Denmark, Tenant-in-chief, The English Historical Review, The Fens, Thomas of Bayeux, Toponymy, Tostig Godwinson, Treaty of Abernethy, Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, Varangian Guard, Vikings, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Waltham Abbey Church, Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, Westminster Abbey, William, William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, William of Poitiers, William the Conqueror, Winchester, Witenagemot, Writ, Wulfstan (died 1095). Expand index (134 more) »
Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen
The Abbey of Saint-Étienne, also known as Abbaye aux Hommes ("Men's Abbey") by contrast with the Abbaye aux Dames ("Ladies' Abbey"), is a former Benedictine monastery in the French city of Caen, Normandy, dedicated to Saint Stephen.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen · See more »
Abbot of Evesham
The Abbot of Evesham was the head of Evesham Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Worcestershire founded in the Anglo-Saxon era of English history.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Abbot of Evesham · See more »
Aelred of Rievaulx
Aelred of Rievaulx (Aelredus Riaevallensis); also Ailred, Ælred, and Æthelred; (1110 – 12 January 1167) was an English Cistercian monk, abbot of Rievaulx from 1147 until his death, and known as a writer.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Aelred of Rievaulx · See more »
Anglo-Norman language
Anglo-Norman, also known as Anglo-Norman French, is a variety of the Norman language that was used in England and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in the British Isles during the Anglo-Norman period.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Anglo-Norman language · See more »
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Anglo-Saxon Chronicle · See more »
Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Anglo-Saxons · See more »
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Archbishop of Canterbury · See more »
Archbishop of York
The Archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Archbishop of York · See more »
Avranches
Avranches is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Avranches · See more »
Æthelred the Unready
Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd,;Different spellings of this king’s name most commonly found in modern texts are "Ethelred" and "Æthelred" (or "Aethelred"), the latter being closer to the original Old English form Æþelræd. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Æthelred the Unready · See more »
Æthelwig
Æthelwig (c. 1013–16 February in either 1077 or 1078) was an Abbot of Evesham before and during the Norman Conquest of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Æthelwig · See more »
Battle of Bouvines
The Battle of Bouvines, was a medieval battle fought on 27 July 1214 near the town of Bouvines in the County of Flanders.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Battle of Bouvines · See more »
Battle of Fulford
The Battle of Fulford was fought on the outskirts of the village of Fulford near York in England, on 20 September 1066, when King Harald III of Norway, also known as Harald Hardrada ("harðráði" in Old Norse, meaning "hard ruler"), and Tostig Godwinson, his English ally, fought and defeated the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Battle of Fulford · See more »
Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Battle of Hastings · See more »
Battle of Stamford Bridge
The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in England on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada and the English king's brother Tostig Godwinson.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Battle of Stamford Bridge · See more »
Battle, East Sussex
Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Battle, East Sussex · See more »
Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry (Tapisserie de Bayeux or La telle du conquest; Tapete Baiocense) is an embroidered cloth nearly long and tall, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Bayeux Tapestry · See more »
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and BBC · See more »
Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted is a historic market town close to the western boundary of Hertfordshire, England, in the small Bulbourne valley in the Chiltern Hills, northwest of London.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Berkhamsted · See more »
Bessin
The Bessin is an area in Normandy, France, corresponding to the territory of the Bajocasses tribe of Gaul who also gave their name to the city of Bayeux, central town of the Bessin.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Bessin · See more »
Bishop of Worcester
The Bishop of Worcester is the head of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Bishop of Worcester · See more »
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Western Asia.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Black Sea · See more »
Bretons
The Bretons (Bretoned) are a Celtic ethnic group located in the region of Brittany in France.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Bretons · See more »
Brian of Brittany
Brian of Brittany, 1st Earl of Cornwall in English, or Brien (also Brient) de Bretagne in French, was a Breton noble who fought for William I of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Brian of Brittany · See more »
Brittany
Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Brittany · See more »
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Byzantine Empire · See more »
Canon law
Canon law (from Greek kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (Church leadership), for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Canon law · See more »
Canute IV of Denmark
Canute IV (– 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy (Knud IV den Hellige) or Saint Canute (Sankt Knud), was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Canute IV of Denmark · See more »
Carolingian dynasty
The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family founded by Charles Martel with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Carolingian dynasty · See more »
Castle
A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Castle · See more »
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Catholic Church · See more »
Charles the Simple
Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Carolus Simplex), was the King of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919–23.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Charles the Simple · See more »
Charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Charter · See more »
Cheshire
Cheshire (archaically the County Palatine of Chester) is a county in North West England, bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south and Flintshire, Wales and Wrexham county borough to the west.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Cheshire · See more »
Chiltern Hills
The Chiltern Hills form a chalk escarpment in South East England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Chiltern Hills · See more »
Christianity
ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Christianity · See more »
Cnut the Great
Cnut the GreatBolton, The Empire of Cnut the Great: Conquest and the Consolidation of Power in Northern Europe in the Early Eleventh Century (Leiden, 2009) (Cnut se Micela, Knútr inn ríki. Retrieved 21 January 2016. – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute—whose father was Sweyn Forkbeard (which gave him the patronym Sweynsson, Sveinsson)—was King of Denmark, England and Norway; together often referred to as the North Sea Empire.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Cnut the Great · See more »
Common-law marriage
Common-law marriage, also known as sui iuris marriage, informal marriage, marriage by habit and repute, or marriage in fact, is a legal framework in a limited number of jurisdictions where a couple is legally considered married, without that couple having formally registered their relation as a civil or religious marriage.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Common-law marriage · See more »
Companions of William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror had men of diverse standing and origins under his command at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Companions of William the Conqueror · See more »
Copsi
Copsi (or Copsig; Cōpsige) was a Northumbrian magnate in late Anglo-Saxon England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Copsi · See more »
Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Cornwall · See more »
Cotentin Peninsula
The Cotentin Peninsula, also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy that forms part of the northwest coast of France.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Cotentin Peninsula · See more »
Court (royal)
A court is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Court (royal) · See more »
Danegeld
The Danegeld ("Danish tax", literally "Dane tribute") was a tax raised to pay tribute to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Danegeld · See more »
Domesday Book
Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Domesday Book · See more »
Dorset
Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Dorset · See more »
Duchy of Normandy
The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and Rollo, leader of the Vikings.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Duchy of Normandy · See more »
Eadric the Wild
Eadric the Wild (or Eadric Silvaticus), also known as Wild Edric, Eadric Cild (or Child) and Edric the Forester, was an Anglo-Saxon magnate of the West Midlands who led English resistance to the Norman Conquest, active in 1068-70.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Eadric the Wild · See more »
Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar
Ealdgyth (fl. c. 1057–1066), also Aldgyth or in modern English, Edith, was a daughter of Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, the wife of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (d. 1063), ruler of all Wales, and later the wife and queen consort of Harold Godwinson, king of England in 1066.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar · See more »
Ealdred (archbishop of York)
Ealdred (or Aldred; died 11 September 1069) was Abbot of Tavistock, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York in Anglo-Saxon England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Ealdred (archbishop of York) · See more »
Earl of Hereford
The title of Earl of Hereford was created six times in the Peerage of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Earl of Hereford · See more »
Earl of Norfolk
Earl of Norfolk is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Earl of Norfolk · See more »
Earl of Northumbria
Earl of Northumbria was a title in the Anglo-Danish, late Anglo-Saxon, and early Anglo-Norman period in England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Earl of Northumbria · See more »
Earl of Wessex
Earl of Wessex is a title that has been created three times in British history, twice in the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Earl of Wessex · See more »
East Anglia
East Anglia is a geographical area in the East of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and East Anglia · See more »
Edgar Ætheling
Edgar Ætheling (also spelt Æþeling, Aetheling, Atheling or Etheling) or Edgar II (c. 1051 – c. 1126) was the last male member of the royal house of Cerdic of Wessex (see House of Wessex family tree).
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Edgar Ætheling · See more »
Edith the Fair
Edith the Fair (Ealdgȳð Swann hnesce, "Edyth the Gentle Swan"; c. 1025 – c. 1086), also known as Edith Swanneck,Her first name is also spelled Ealdgyth, Aldgyth, Edeva or Eddeva, and sometimes appears as Ēadgȳð and Ēadgifu.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Edith the Fair · See more »
Edmund Ironside
Edmund Ironside (c.990 – 30 November 1016), also known as Edmund II, was King of England from 23 April to 30 November 1016.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Edmund Ironside · See more »
Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor (Ēadƿeard Andettere, Eduardus Confessor; 1003 – 5 January 1066), also known as Saint Edward the Confessor, was among the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Edward the Confessor · See more »
Edwin, Earl of Mercia
Edwin (Old English: Ēadwine) (died 1071) was the elder brother of Morcar, Earl of Northumbria, son of Ælfgār, Earl of Mercia and grandson of Leofric, Earl of Mercia.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Edwin, Earl of Mercia · See more »
Ely, Cambridgeshire
Ely is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, about north-northeast of Cambridge and about by road from London.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Ely, Cambridgeshire · See more »
Emma of Normandy
Emma of Normandy (c. 985 – 6 March 1052) was a queen consort of England, Denmark and Norway. She was the daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, and his second wife, Gunnora. Through her marriages to Æthelred the Unready (1002–1016) and Cnut the Great (1017–1035), she became the Queen Consort of England, Denmark, and Norway. She was the mother of three sons, King Edward the Confessor, Alfred Ætheling, and King Harthacnut, as well as two daughters, Goda of England, and Gunhilda of Denmark. Even after her husbands' deaths Emma remained in the public eye, and continued to participate actively in politics. She is the central figure within the Encomium Emmae Reginae, a critical source for the history of early 11th-century English politics. As Catherine Karkov notes, Emma is one of the most visually represented early medieval queens.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Emma of Normandy · See more »
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and England · See more »
Epithet
An epithet (from ἐπίθετον epitheton, neuter of ἐπίθετος epithetos, "attributed, added") is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase), accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Epithet · See more »
Eustace II, Count of Boulogne
Eustace II, (&ndash), also known as Eustace aux Gernons (with moustaches) Heather J. Tanner, ‘Eustace (II), count of Boulogne (d. c.1087)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Eustace II, Count of Boulogne · See more »
Exning
Exning is a village in Suffolk, England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Exning · See more »
Feoffment
In the Middle Ages, especially under the European feudal system, feoffment or enfeoffment was the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Feoffment · See more »
Feudal land tenure in England
Under the English feudal system several different forms of land tenure existed, each effectively a contract with differing rights and duties attached thereto.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Feudal land tenure in England · See more »
Feudalism
Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Feudalism · See more »
Flanders
Flanders (Vlaanderen, Flandre, Flandern) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, although there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics and history.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Flanders · See more »
Fyrd
A fyrd was a type of early Anglo-Saxon army that was mobilised from freemen to defend their shire, or from selected representatives to join a royal expedition.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Fyrd · See more »
Geoffrey de Montbray
Geoffrey de Montbray (Montbrai, Mowbray) (died 1093), bishop of Coutances (Constantiensis), also known as Geoffrey of Coutances, a Norman nobleman, trusted adviser of William the Conqueror and a great secular prelate, warrior and administrator.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Geoffrey de Montbray · See more »
Germanic name
Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Germanic name · See more »
Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Godwin of Wessex (Godƿin; 100115 April 1053) was one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Godwin, Earl of Wessex · See more »
Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria
Gospatric or Cospatric (from the Cumbric "Servant of Saint Patrick"), (died after 1073), was Earl of Northumbria, or of Bernicia, and later lord of sizable estates around Dunbar.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria · See more »
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in Wales, sharing borders with Powys, Conwy, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and Ceredigion over the River Dyfi.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Gwynedd · See more »
Gyrth Godwinson
Gyrth Godwinson (Old English: Gyrð Godƿinson) (1032 – 14 October 1066) was the fourth son of Earl Godwin, and thus a younger brother of Harold Godwinson.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Gyrth Godwinson · See more »
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (Gȳða Þorkelsdōttir, 997 – c. 1069), also called Githa, was a Danish noblewoman.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir · See more »
Harald Hardrada
Harald Sigurdsson (– 25 September 1066), given the epithet Hardrada (harðráði, modern Norwegian: Hardråde, roughly translated as "stern counsel" or "hard ruler") in the sagas, was King of Norway (as Harald III) from 1046 to 1066.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Harald Hardrada · See more »
Harold Godwinson
Harold Godwinson (– 14 October 1066), often called Harold II, was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Harold Godwinson · See more »
Harrying of the North
The Harrying of the North was a series of campaigns waged by William the Conqueror in the winter of 1069–70 to subjugate northern England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Harrying of the North · See more »
Harthacnut
Harthacnut (Hardeknud; "Tough-knot";Lawson, Harthacnut c. 1018 – 8 June 1042), sometimes referred to as Canute III, was King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 and King of England from 1040 to 1042.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Harthacnut · See more »
Hastings
Hastings is a town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Hastings · See more »
Hereford
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Hereford · See more »
Hereward the Wake
Hereward the Wake (pronounced /ˈhɛrɪwəd/) (c. 1035 – c.1072), (also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile), was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resistance to the Norman Conquest of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Hereward the Wake · See more »
History of Anglo-Saxon England
Anglo-Saxon England was early medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th century from the end of Roman Britain until the Norman conquest in 1066.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and History of Anglo-Saxon England · See more »
Housecarl
In medieval Scandinavia, husmän (húskarlar, singular húskarl; also anglicised as housecarl huscarl (Old English form) and sometimes spelled huscarle or houscarl) were either non-servile manservants or household troops in personal service of someone, equivalent to a bodyguard to Scandinavian lords and kings.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Housecarl · See more »
Isle of Ely
The Isle of Ely is a historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Isle of Ely · See more »
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Kent · See more »
Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England (French: Royaume d'Angleterre; Danish: Kongeriget England; German: Königreich England) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the 10th century—when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms—until 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Kingdom of England · See more »
Lanfranc
Lanfranc (1005 1010 – 24 May 1089) was a celebrated Italian jurist who renounced his career to become a Benedictine monk at Bec in Normandy. He served successively as prior of Bec Abbey and abbot of St Stephen in Normandy and then as archbishop of Canterbury in England, following its Conquest by William the Conqueror. He is also variously known as (Lanfranco di Pavia), (Lanfranc du Bec), and (Lanfrancus Cantuariensis).
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Lanfranc · See more »
Langues d'oïl
The langues d'oïl (French) or oïl languages (also in langues d'oui) are a dialect continuum that includes standard French and its closest autochthonous relatives historically spoken in the northern half of France, southern Belgium, and the Channel Islands.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Langues d'oïl · See more »
Leges Henrici Primi
The Leges Henrici Primi or Laws of Henry I is a legal treatise, written in about 1115, that records the legal customs of medieval England in the reign of King Henry I of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Leges Henrici Primi · See more »
Leofwine Godwinson
Leofwine Godwinson (c. 1035 – 14 October 1066) was a younger brother of King Harold Godwinson, the fifth son of Earl Godwin.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Leofwine Godwinson · See more »
Lincoln, England
Lincoln is a cathedral city and the county town of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Lincoln, England · See more »
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in east central England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Lincolnshire · See more »
List of Norwegian monarchs
The list of Norwegian monarchs (kongerekken or kongerekka) begins in 872: the traditional dating of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, after which victorious King Harald Fairhair merged several petty kingdoms into that of his father.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and List of Norwegian monarchs · See more »
London Bridge
Several bridges named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and London Bridge · See more »
Magnus the Good
Magnus Olafsson (Old Norse: Magnús Óláfsson, Norwegian and Danish: Magnus Olavsson; c. 1024 – 25 October 1047), better known as Magnus the Good (Old Norse: Magnús góði, Norwegian and Danish: Magnus den gode), was the King of Norway from 1035 and King of Denmark from 1042, ruling over both countries until his death in 1047.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Magnus the Good · See more »
Malcolm III of Scotland
Malcolm III (Gaelic: Máel Coluim mac Donnchada; c. 26 March 1031 – 13 November 1093) was King of Scots from 1058 to 1093.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Malcolm III of Scotland · See more »
Matilda of Flanders
Matilda of Flanders (Mathilde; Machteld) (1031 – 2 November 1083) was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and sometime Regent of these realms during his absence.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Matilda of Flanders · See more »
Mercia
Mercia (Miercna rīce) was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Mercia · See more »
Montacute Castle
Montacute Castle was a castle built on a hill overlooking the village of Montacute, Somerset, England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Montacute Castle · See more »
Morcar
Morcar (or Morkere) (Mōrcǣr) (died after 1087) was the son of Ælfgār (earl of Mercia) and brother of Ēadwine.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Morcar · See more »
Motte-and-bailey castle
A motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Motte-and-bailey castle · See more »
Norman language
No description.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Norman language · See more »
Norman yoke
The Norman yoke refers to the oppressive aspects of feudalism in England attributed to the impositions of William the Conqueror, his retainers and their descendants.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Norman yoke · See more »
Normans
The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Normans · See more »
Norse activity in the British Isles
Norse activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Medieval period when members of the Norse populations of Scandinavia travelled to Britain and Ireland to settle, trade or raid.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Norse activity in the British Isles · See more »
Norwich Castle
Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Norwich Castle · See more »
Odo of Bayeux
Odo of Bayeux (died 1097), Earl of Kent and Bishop of Bayeux, was the half-brother of William the Conqueror, and was, for a time, second in power after the King of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Odo of Bayeux · See more »
Odo, Count of Penthièvre
Odo of Rennes (Medieval Breton: Eudon Pentevr, Modern Breton: Eozen Penteur, Latin: Eudo, French: Eudes/Éon de Penthièvre) (999–1079), Count of Penthièvre, was the youngest of the three sons of Duke Geoffrey I of Brittany and Hawise of Normandy, daughter of Richard I of Normandy.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Odo, Count of Penthièvre · See more »
Old English
Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Old English · See more »
Old French
Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; Modern French: ancien français) was the language spoken in Northern France from the 8th century to the 14th century.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Old French · See more »
Old Norse
Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Old Norse · See more »
Orkney
Orkney (Orkneyjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Orkney · See more »
Osprey Publishing
Osprey Publishing is an Oxford-based publishing company specializing in military history.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Osprey Publishing · See more »
Osulf II of Bamburgh
Osulf or Oswulf (died 1067) was the son of Eadulf III, Earl of Bamburgh (killed 1041), and grandson of Uchtred the Bold, Earl of Northumbria (killed 1016).
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Osulf II of Bamburgh · See more »
Paganism
Paganism is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for populations of the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, either because they were increasingly rural and provincial relative to the Christian population or because they were not milites Christi (soldiers of Christ).
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Paganism · See more »
Papal legate
A woodcut showing Henry II of England greeting the pope's legate. A papal legate or Apostolic legate (from the Ancient Roman title legatus) is a personal representative of the pope to foreign nations, or to some part of the Catholic Church.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Papal legate · See more »
Penance
Penance is repentance of sins as well as an alternate name for the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Penance · See more »
Pevensey
Pevensey is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Pevensey · See more »
Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in West Yorkshire, England, near the A1 (or Great North Road) and the M62 motorway.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Pontefract · See more »
Pope Alexander II
Pope Alexander II (1010/1015 – 21 April 1073), born Anselm of Baggio (Anselmo da Baggio), was Pope from 30 September 1061 to his death in 1073.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Pope Alexander II · See more »
Powys
Powys is a principal area, a county and one of the preserved counties of Wales.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Powys · See more »
R. W. Southern
Sir Richard William Southern, FBA (8 February 1912 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne – 6 February 2001 in Oxford), who published under the name R. W. Southern, was a noted English medieval historian, based at the University of Oxford.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and R. W. Southern · See more »
Ralph de Gael
Ralph de Gaël (otherwise Ralph de Guader, Radulf Waders or Ralph Wader) (before 1042 – c. 1096) was the Earl of East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) and Lord of Gaël and Montfort (Seigneur de Gaël et Montfort).
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Ralph de Gael · See more »
Reeve (England)
Originally in Anglo-Saxon England the reeve was a senior official with local responsibilities under the Crown, e.g., as the chief magistrate of a town or district.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Reeve (England) · See more »
Revolt of the Earls
The Revolt of the Earls in 1075 was a rebellion of three earls against William I of England (William the Conqueror).
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Revolt of the Earls · See more »
Richard
The Germanic first or given name Richard derives from German, French, and English "ric" (ruler, leader, king, powerful) and "hard" (strong, brave, hardy), and it therefore means "strong in rule".
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Richard · See more »
Richard fitz Gilbert
Richard fitz Gilbert (bef. 1035–), was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and was styled "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and of "Tonbridge" from his holdings.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Richard fitz Gilbert · See more »
Richard II, Duke of Normandy
Richard II (unknown – 28 August 1026), called the Good (French: Le Bon), was the eldest son and heir of Richard I the Fearless and Gunnora.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Richard II, Duke of Normandy · See more »
River Aire
The River Aire is a major river in Yorkshire, England, in length.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and River Aire · See more »
River Tees
The River Tees is in northern England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and River Tees · See more »
River Thames
The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and River Thames · See more »
Robert
The name Robert is a Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *χrōþi- "fame" and *berχta- "bright".
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Robert · See more »
Robert de Comines
Robert Comine (died 1069) (also Robert de Comines, Robert de Comyn) was very briefly earl of Northumbria.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Robert de Comines · See more »
Robert, Count of Mortain
Robert, Count of Mortain, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (–) was a Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on his mother's side) of King William the Conqueror.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Robert, Count of Mortain · See more »
Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford
Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford (1056 – after 1087), succeeded in 1071 to the earldom of Hereford and the English estate of his father, William Fitz-Osbern.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford · See more »
Rollo
Rollo or Gaange Rolf (Norman: Rou; Old Norse: Hrólfr; Rollon; 846 – 930 AD) was a Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy, a region of France.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Rollo · See more »
Royal forest
A royal forest, occasionally "Kingswood", is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, and Scotland.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Royal forest · See more »
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Margaret of Scotland (Scots: Saunt Magret, c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), also known as Margaret of Wessex, was an English princess and a Scottish queen.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Saint Margaret of Scotland · See more »
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme is a commune in the Somme department.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme · See more »
Salisbury
Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 40,302, at the confluence of the rivers Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Salisbury · See more »
Serfdom
Serfdom is the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Serfdom · See more »
Sheriff
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Sheriff · See more »
Shield wall
The formation of a shield wall (Scildweall or Bordweall in Old English, Skjaldborg in Old Norse) is a military tactic that was common in many cultures in the Pre-Early Modern warfare age.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Shield wall · See more »
Shire
A shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and some other English speaking countries.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Shire · See more »
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Shrewsbury · See more »
Shropshire
Shropshire (alternatively Salop; abbreviated, in print only, Shrops; demonym Salopian) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Shropshire · See more »
Siege of Exeter (1068)
The Siege of Exeter occurred in 1068 when William I marched a combined army of Normans and Englishmen loyal to the king west to force the submission of Exeter, a stronghold of Anglo-Saxon resistance against Norman rule.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Siege of Exeter (1068) · See more »
Siward Barn
Siward Barn (Sigeweard Bearn) was an 11th-century English thegn and landowner-warrior.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Siward Barn · See more »
Slavery in Britain
Slavery in Great Britain existed and was recognized from before the Roman occupation until the 12th century, when chattel slavery disappeared after the Norman Conquest.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Slavery in Britain · See more »
Somerset
Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Somerset · See more »
Southwark
Southwark is a district of Central London and part of the London Borough of Southwark.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Southwark · See more »
Stafford
Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands of England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Stafford · See more »
Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire
Stamford Bridge is a village and civil parish on the River Derwent in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately east of York and west of Driffield.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire · See more »
Stigand
Stigand (died 1072) was an Anglo-Saxon churchman in pre-Norman Conquest England who became Archbishop of Canterbury.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Stigand · See more »
Sussex
Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Sussex · See more »
Sweyn Forkbeard
Sweyn Forkbeard (Old Norse: Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg; Danish: Svend Tveskæg; 960 – 3 February 1014) was king of Denmark during 986–1014.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Sweyn Forkbeard · See more »
Sweyn II of Denmark
Sweyn II Estridsson (Sveinn Ástríðarson, Svend Estridsen) (– 28 April 1076) was King of Denmark from 1047 until his death in 1076.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Sweyn II of Denmark · See more »
Tenant-in-chief
In medieval and early modern Europe the term tenant-in-chief (or vassal-in-chief), denoted a person who held his lands under various forms of feudal land tenure directly from the king or territorial prince to whom he did homage, as opposed to holding them from another nobleman or senior member of the clergy.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Tenant-in-chief · See more »
The English Historical Review
The English Historical Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1886 and published by Oxford University Press (formerly Longman).
New!!: Norman conquest of England and The English Historical Review · See more »
The Fens
The Fens, also known as the, are a coastal plain in eastern England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and The Fens · See more »
Thomas of Bayeux
Thomas of Bayeux (died 1100) was Archbishop of York from 1070 until 1100.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Thomas of Bayeux · See more »
Toponymy
Toponymy is the study of place names (toponyms), their origins, meanings, use, and typology.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Toponymy · See more »
Tostig Godwinson
Tostig Godwinson (1026 – 25 September 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumbria and brother of King Harold Godwinson.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Tostig Godwinson · See more »
Treaty of Abernethy
The Treaty of Abernethy was signed at the Scottish village of Abernethy in 1072 where king Malcolm III of Scotland paid homage to William I, King of England, acknowledging William as his feudal overlord.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Treaty of Abernethy · See more »
Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte
The Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, between Charles the Simple (King Charles III of France) and Rollo, the leader of the Vikings, was signed in autumn 911.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte · See more »
Varangian Guard
The Varangian Guard (Τάγμα τῶν Βαράγγων, Tágma tōn Varángōn) was an elite unit of the Byzantine Army, from the 10th to the 14th centuries, whose members served as personal bodyguards to the Byzantine Emperors.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Varangian Guard · See more »
Vikings
Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Vikings · See more »
Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Wallingford is an ancient market town and civil parish in the upper Thames Valley in England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Wallingford, Oxfordshire · See more »
Waltham Abbey Church
The Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross and St Lawrence is the parish church of the town of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Waltham Abbey Church · See more »
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria
Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northumbria (d. 31 May 1076) was the last of the Anglo-Saxon earls and the only English aristocrat to be executed during the reign of William I.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria · See more »
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Westminster Abbey · See more »
William
William is a popular given name of an old Germanic origin.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and William · See more »
William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey
William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Lord of Lewes, Seigneur de Varennes (died 1088), was a Norman nobleman created Earl of Surrey under William II Rufus.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey · See more »
William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford
William FitzOsbern (c. 1020 – 22 February 1071), Lord of Breteuil, in Normandy, was a relative and close counsellor of William the Conqueror and one of the great magnates of early Norman England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford · See more »
William of Poitiers
William of Poitiers (1020 1090) was a Frankish priest of Norman origin and chaplain of Duke William of Normandy (William the Conqueror) (Guillaume le Conquerant), for whom he chronicled the Norman Conquest of England in his Gesta VVillelmi ducis Normannorum et regis Anglorum ("The Deeds of William, Duke of Normandy and King of England") or Gesta Guillelmi II ducis Normannorum.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and William of Poitiers · See more »
William the Conqueror
William I (c. 1028Bates William the Conqueror p. 33 – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and William the Conqueror · See more »
Winchester
Winchester is a city and the county town of Hampshire, England.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Winchester · See more »
Witenagemot
The Witenaġemot (Old English witena ġemōt,, modern English "meeting of wise men"), also known as the Witan (more properly the title of its members) was a political institution in Anglo-Saxon England which operated from before the 7th century until the 11th century.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Witenagemot · See more »
Writ
In common law, a writ (Anglo-Saxon gewrit, Latin breve) is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction; in modern usage, this body is generally a court.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Writ · See more »
Wulfstan (died 1095)
Wulfstan (c. 1008 – 20 January 1095) was Bishop of Worcester from 1062 to 1095.
New!!: Norman conquest of England and Wulfstan (died 1095) · See more »
Redirects here:
1066 Norman conquest of England, Conquest of England, Norman Conquest, Norman Conquest of 1066, Norman Conquest of England, Norman Invasion, Norman Invasion of England, Norman conquest, Norman conquest of 1066, Norman conquest of england, Norman invasion of Britain, Norman invasion of England, Norman period, Norman times, Normanization, Normans conquered England, The Norman Conquest.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England
