The Battle of Hastings in 1066 was the decisive event in the conquest of Saxon England ... brought with them two languages: French and English. The Norman leaders spoke French; indeed the Welsh ...

England’s connection to France went back to the Norman Conquest of 1066. King William I’s son Henry I ruled England and Normandy as a single united kingdom. Henry was considered by people at ...

The Anglo-Norman conquerors brought with them continental influences. Under the patronage of Anglo-Norman nobles and Welsh landed officials, the Poets of the Aristocracy thrived. The Conquest of ...