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Their conquest of Anglo-Saxon England under William, Duke of Normandy, began with the battle of Hastings in 1066. The literature which they brought to England is remarkable for its bright, romantic tales of love and adventure, in marked contrast with the strength and somberness of Anglo-Saxon poetry. During the three centuries following Hastings, Normans and Saxons gradually united.
The building of so large a fleet of even small boats between the winter and summer of 1066 must have employed an enormous crowd of men, and we may be justified in picturing a very busy scene on the shores of this portion of the coast of Normandy.
May that mercy be still vouchsafed us! King of England. 1066. William I. In the fen country of Lincolnshire, there lived, in the reign of Edward the Confessor, a wealthy Saxon franklin named Leofric, Lord of Bourn. He was related to the great Earls of Mercia, and his brother Brand was Abbot of Peterborough, so that he, and his wife Ediva, were persons of consideration in their own neighborhood.
The introduction to these laws is in Latin and Norman-French, and is as follows: "These are the laws and customs which King William granted to the whole people of England after he had conquered the land, and they are those which KING EDWARD HIS PREDECESSOR observed before him." It includes the reigns of William I. and II., and Henry I., from 1066 to 1122, and is edited by John Selden.
English did not at any time altogether cease to be a written language, but the extant remains of the period from 1066 to 1200 are few and, with one exception, unimportant. After 1200 English came more and more into written use, but mainly in translations, paraphrases, and imitations of French works. The native genius was at school, and followed awkwardly the copy set by its master.
'To France, which my family left in the year 1066! I could not help laughing at his fervent ejaculation. With William the Conqueror! That is a long time ago, Mr. Dacre. 'In years perhaps; in feelings but a day. My forefathers came over to steal, and, lord! how well they accomplished it.
Why are modern readers interested in his Colloquium? Why is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle important? The Norman Conquest. The overthrow of the Saxon rule in England by William the Conqueror in 1066 was an event of vast importance to English literature. They settled in France in the ninth century, married French wives, and adopted the French language.
"It was fought 202 B.C., sir." "You're correct, but it must have been only a lucky guess. I'll try you again. What was the date of the battle of Hastings?" "It was fought 1066 A.D., sir." "Very good. Since you have answered correctly twice it must be knowledge and not mere surmise on your part. Robert, whom do you esteem the greatest of the Greek dramatic poets?" "Sophocles, sir." "Why?"
This Harold, born about 1022, became Earl of East Anglia about 1045; was banished with his father by Edward the Confessor in 1051, and restored with his father in 1052; succeeded his father as Earl of Wessex in 1053 relinquishing the earldom of East Anglia and from 1053 to 1066 was chief minister of Edward.
The Norman Conquest closes with a summary history to the death of Stephen, which is of considerable value. The second volume of Sir JAMES RAMSAY's Foundations of England and his Angevin Empire together form a continuous history of the whole age from 1066 to 1216.
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