The Norman Conquest and the Domesday Book, Appunti di Inglese

Scarica The Norman Conquest and the Domesday Book e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND THE DOMESDAY BOOK  THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS William ruled the dukedom of Normandy. In the spring of 1066, he gathered their barons to claim English crown and on 14 October 1066 William’s army and Harold’s army faced each other near Hastings. The turning point of the battle came when Harold was hit in the eye by an arrow and then killed by four Norman knights. The narrative of Hastings is recorded in a tapestry, hanging in Bayeux, in France, and it is one of the most vivid representation of medieval history. William was later crowned William I, in London, on Christmas Day of 1066.  THE DOMESDAY BOOK The Domesday Book is a record of survey which gave to the king detailed information on the country, and it was also used to collecting the geld, that was property tax. The Domesday Book listed the different types of lands in the country and their use, the number of productive people, their status and their animals, and it showed England as a rich and developed agricultural country. Normans replaced English which French as the main language for government and elite, while Latin remained the main language for legal, administrative, ecclesiastic and intellectual contexts and English survived in everyday speech.