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Norman Conquest

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Norman Conquest
n.
The conquest of England by the Normans under William the Conqueror, especially the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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Noun1.Norman ConquestNorman Conquest - the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066)
battle of Hastings, Hastings - the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
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Then the sweeping changes which followed the Norman Conquest wiped out all lesser records than its own.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
The Britons and the Anglo-Saxon Period, from the beginning to the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
It was there at the Norman Conquest in all probability,' he answered.
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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