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William of Normandy for Normans , and Harold Godwin for England (Britain)
Immigration : the gentler term for invasion?
The Battle of Hastings that resulted in the defeat of Harold (who was killed) by William the Conqueror and the invasion of England by the Normans.
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At the time of the invasion of England, a dialect of French.
The Normans, basically the refined "Norse" people of what is now known as France, created the culture found in Normandy and were responsible for the successful invasion of England in 1066. They conquered Italy, Byzantium, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
William "The Conqueror" led an invasion of England by the Normans, the Saxon tribes that were settled in Normandy, in what is nowadays France. Normandy was part of the Saxon realm of England at that time. The invasion was against King Harold 1 and was successful. It was the last time England was successfully invaded and occupied. The reason given by William in invading his fellow Saxons was the previous king, Canute 1, had bequeathed the throne to him, but this was ignored by Harold.
The Norman invasion of England in 1066 ended Anglo-Saxon independence and control of England. However, the Anglo-Saxons continued to exist for centuries, until their population merged with the population of the Normans, and others, to produce the English population.
The Norman invasion affected the way the English were governed. The common law continued in the court system. However, the Normans put forth a system of military feudalism.
Normans
Aren't normans an ethnic group of people from France? ("the Norman invasion") Christians are all over the place.
After the Norman Invasion of 1066 there were no further conquests or settlements.