Battle of Hastings 1066 Impact
Impact of Norman Victory Saxons lose many rights and privledges, Earls no longer powerful New form of gov’t William implements more central authority, King as absolute ruler New language / culture. French dialect Gave land from Saxons to Normans and implemented Feudalism.
Impact of Norman Victory Around 20,000 Normans came over, but country was changed When William dies, leaves English thrown to his son William II and Normandy to his eldest son Robert Conquest in France remained the obsession of the Frankish kings of England until the 16th Century. French names predominated among the nobility and the military classes; doubtless the Montgomery leading the British armies in the Second World War was a descendant of the Roger de Montgomerie who fought for the Conqueror.