William the Conqueror

Introduction

William was born in 1028 at Normandy, France as an illegitimate child of King Robert, Duke of Normandy. His mother 'Herleva' was the daughter of artisans so she was a tanner's daughter. William Duke of Normandy became a vassal of the French king and succeeded his father King Robert 2, and stored committed forces to stabilize the territory. During 1050, a descendant of King Bodowan 5 Alfred the Great Earl of Flanders curb and the royal family came to England to get married daughter Matilda. William thus became the most powerful feudal monarchy in France (Hilliam, Pp. 97).

Thesis Statement

The single most important factor in the success of Duke William of Normandy's English campaign was that he became King of England.

Discussion and Analysis

William I, the Conqueror reigned from 25 December1066 to 9 September 1087. His coronation took place on 25 December 1066. William-I is also known as the Conqueror of the Norman Conquest. The Norman Conquest is the French conquest of England by William of Normandy; therefore he is called William the Conqueror. After conquest he created a sense of national cadastre and maintained registers of land quantities, values and ownership used levying taxes.

England was dominated by the Normans in different ethnic groups, aristocrats in France around the north of France. According to William, he settled in England meantime and then in Wales, soon thereafter in southeastern Ireland, spreading into Scotland Snow, British Isles and northwestern France. Now Northern France can be said to be incorporated into the cultural sphere of his reign. At that time, nobles of Normandy were descendants of Danes and in their 100 years of immigration, customs were adopted by them and they became French with command in both languages. In England they changed Old English system to Teuton tribe language, and so far, mainly the dialect of Normandy language became the language of the French aristocracy of the North. That is, at the court of William I, but was used Norman French accent, and it is said to the present day that English is formed by fusion with the times and the local language. Also, after the conquest of William I of England, rather than being conquered by a foreign army of England, William prevailed and after the royal lineage of King William all values was inherited by the locals. William I became king of the Anglo-Saxon England and embraced the old habits of the people did not make any hand, introduced a new feudalism. The feudal system was based on cadastral record (Douglas, Pp. 164).

This time William ruled the kingdom of England after a seven-Saxon domination of the Danes received temporary throne. Edward was the Confessor to the King of the Kings of Wessex in England again. He did not rely in any position on a subtle balance of power in neighboring countries, candidate countries and their traces of kings. King of the neighboring countries of Prince Edward was not on the alert and aim. It is still not defined and after the death ...