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1、1. WhatdoyouknowabouttheRomaninvasionofBritain?——In55BCand54BC,JuliusCaesar,aRomangeneral,invadedBritaintwice.InAD43,theEmperorClaudiusinvadedBritainsuccessfully.Fornearly400yearsBritainwasundertheRomanoccupation,thoughitwasneveratotaloccupation.Britishrecordedhistorybeginswit
2、htheRomaninvasion.2. WhydidtheWilliamtheConquerorinvadeEnglandafterEdward’sdeath?——ItwassaidthatkingEdwardhadpromisedtheEnglishthronetoWilliambuttheWitanchoseHaroldasking.SoWilliamledhisarmytoinvadeEngland.InOctober1066,duringtheimportantbattleofHastings,WilliamdefeatedHarolda
3、ndkilledhim.OnChristmasDay,WilliamwascrownedkingofEngland,thusbeginningtheNormanConquestofEngland.3. WhatweretheconsequencesoftheNormanConquest?——TheNormanConquestof1066isoneofthebestknowneventsinEnglishhistory.Itbroughtaboutmanyconsequences.Williamconfiscatedalmostallthelanda
4、ndgaveittohisNormanfollowers.HereplacedtheweakSaxonrulewithastrongNormangovernment.SothefeudalsystemwascompletelyestablishedinEngland.RelationswiththeContinentwereopened,andcivilizationandcommercewereextended.Norman-Frenchculture,language,manners,andarchitecturewerebeenintroduced.Thechur
5、chwasbroughtintocloserconnectionwithRome,andthechurchcourtswereseparatedfromthecivilcourts.4. WhatwerethecontentsandthesignificanceoftheGreatCharter?——TheGreatCharter,ortheMagnaCarta,wasdocumentsignedin1215betweenthebaronsandkingJohn.Ithadaltogether63clauses,ofwhichthemostimpo
6、rtantcontentswerethese:(1)notaxshouldbemadewithouttheapprovaloftheGrandCouncil;(2)nofreemanshouldbearrested,imprisoned,ordeprivedofhispropertyexceptbythelawoftheland;(3)thechurchshouldpossessallitsrightsandprivileges;(4)Londonandothertownsshouldretaintheirancientrightsandprivileges;(5)th
7、ereshouldbethesameweightsandmeasuresthroughoutthecountry.TheGreatCharterwasastatementofthefeudalandlegalrelationshipbetweentheCrownandthebarons,aguaranteeofthefreedomoftheChurchandalimitationofthepowersoftheking.ThespiritoftheGreatCharterwasthelimitationofthepowersoftheki
