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1. In 1066 William Duke of Normandy led the Normans to fight the Anglo-Saxon army in the Battle of
Hastings. Harold's army was killed and the army was defeated but they eventually managed to
recapture England.
2. This was a pyramidal feudal system in which the power and property structure consisted of three
fiefdoms: the nobility (the warrior class and then the rich markets); the clergy; the peasants who
were without property.
3. The servants were tied to the landowners because their possessions were the property of their
masters

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1. Common law concerns the English legal system and this system is based on the confrontation of the
people.
2. King John imposed higher taxes to protect his countryside
3. The barons forced him to sign a document stating that all kings were also forced to abide by the
law.
4. Joan of Arc was a French heroine
5. it was a war for a succession to the throne and the roses indicated that emblem of those cities

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It was a bubonic plague epidemic that spread rapidly throughout Europe

It killed around 4 million people

The living conditions of the poor improved due to the shortage of manpower.