Facts

CHARLES “THE SIMPLE”

Rollo “the first Duke”
Invasion of France
NORMANDY- “Northmannia”
Ethelred II “the Unready”
Emma of Normandy
1042, King of England
The last King of the House of
Wessex.
1028
Duke Robert I – Hervele
(Arlette)
Military commander
Ruler
Administror
Harold Godwinson
Harald Hardrada (King of Norway)
William of Normandy
• On 25th September , 1066

• Harold Hardrada
• Tosting (Harold’s brother)
On 14th
October, 1066
- Archers
- Cavalry
• 1066, Wastminter Abbey
Facts
• Several invasions
• In 1070, campaing in Mercia and
Northumbria.
• Famine
• Castle-building campaing.
New architecture
Trade
France- England
Chivalry
Slave trade
Women
Domesday book
 King

Barons Church

Under- Under-
tenants Tenants

Peasants Peasants
10.000 French words
Voiced counterparts of
fricative sounds.
Extreme loss of inflection
Grammatical gender
Plural –en / -s