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1、TheNormanConquest-1066WhatistheNormanconquestTheNormanconquestofEnglandbeganin1066withtheinvasionoftheKingdomofEnglandbythetroopsofWilliam,DukeofNormandy,andhisvictoryattheBattleofHastings.ThisresultedinNormancontrolofEngland,whichwasfirmlyestablishedduringthenextfewy
2、ears.EnglandwasunitedundertheleadershipofAlfredtheGreat.HemanagedtodefeatmostoftheVikingraiders.Bythe1000sEnglandwasoneunitedcountrywithonesinglesetoflaws.HavingdefeatedthevikingsAngloSaxonsweresoongivenanewchallenge.In1066adukefromNormandyinFranceinvadedandkilledHaro
3、ldGodwinsontheSaxonKing.HisnamewasWilliamtheConqueror.OriginsIn1002KingÆthelredIIofEnglandmarriedEmma,thesisterofRichardII,DukeofNormandy.TheirsonEdwardtheConfessor,whospentmanyyearsinexileinNormandy,succeededtotheEnglishthronein1042.Thisledtotheestablishmentofapowerf
4、ulNormaninterestinEnglishpolitics,asEdwarddrewheavilyonhisformerhostsforsupport,bringinginNormancourtiers,soldiers,andclericsandappointingthemtopositionsofpower,particularlyintheChurch.ChildlessandembroiledinconflictwiththeformidableGodwin,EarlofWessexandhissons,Edwar
5、dmayalsohaveencouragedDukeWilliamofNormandy'sambitionsfortheEnglishthrone.WhenKingEdwarddiedatthebeginningof1066,thelackofaclearheirledtoadisputedsuccessioninwhichseveralcontenderslaidclaimtothethroneofEngland.Edward'simmediatesuccessorwastheEarlofWessex,HaroldGodwins
6、on,therichestandmostpowerfuloftheEnglisharistocracy,whowaselectedkingbytheWitenagemotofEnglandandcrownedbyArchbishopEaldredofYork,althoughNormanpropagandaclaimedhewasconsecratedbyStigand,theuncanonicallyelectedArchbishopofCanterburyHowever,hewasatoncechallengedbytwopo
7、werfulneighbouringrulers.DukeWilliamclaimedthathehadbeenpromisedthethronebyKingEdwardandthatHaroldhadswornagreementtothis.HaraldIIIofNorway,commonlyknownasHaraldHardrada,alsocontestedthesuccession.HisclaimtothethronewasbasedonasupposedagreementbetweenhispredecessorMag
8、nusIofNorway,andtheearlierDanishKingofEnglandHarthacanute,wherebyifeitherdiedwithoutheir,theotherwouldinheritbothEnglandandN
