leader of the Normans, William the I (Norman 111). He changed there system, which was very advanced and he changed it, he regressed the system, and changed to feudalism and to an extreme, he concentrated the most power and wealth and the king's position. He also took the position of king way too seriously, he thought he could do anything. In fact he killed, robbed and kicked out the the native inhabitants of England, this made it possible to put in the 200 hundred lords he gave fiefs to.(Norman 111) William made the society a more uniform way of ruling over the conquered land, he made many reforms. One reform he made was that any private wars or quarrels had to be brought to court (Norman 111). This was to show all of the achievements of
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he brought the feudalism to England and he made big changes to it. If he had not brought it to England it would have just been in france and probably not spread as wide as it did. He made some big changes, he tried to concentrate as power and wealth on the king's position. He also re-constructed the system in England and made it so that 200 of his lords could rule under him.. But to do this he needed the land so he could partition out, so he kicked out or killed and plundered their homes, just so that he could have some land. By bringing this to England he completely changed the system there and it also stayed in England after William died. he also changed feudalism economically by making the domesday book and the salisbury oath. The domesday book and salisbury oath held feudalism in place there for a while and kept people loyal to feudalism basically. And he wrote these to keep the king's position in the position of absolute power and wealth (Knight 368). What were the domesday book and salisbury oath. The domesday book was basically a book full of records of every single landowner, and that's not all, it has the livestock on the land, the amount of people on the land, this made it possible to know who has what and determine the tax per a person. This was very advanced at the time seeing as to it as there was no centralized government. the salisbury oath, kept all the tenants or lords in this case loyal and paying their dues on time
he brought the feudalism to England and he made big changes to it. If he had not brought it to England it would have just been in france and probably not spread as wide as it did. He made some big changes, he tried to concentrate as power and wealth on the king's position. He also re-constructed the system in England and made it so that 200 of his lords could rule under him.. But to do this he needed the land so he could partition out, so he kicked out or killed and plundered their homes, just so that he could have some land. By bringing this to England he completely changed the system there and it also stayed in England after William died. he also changed feudalism economically by making the domesday book and the salisbury oath. The domesday book and salisbury oath held feudalism in place there for a while and kept people loyal to feudalism basically. And he wrote these to keep the king's position in the position of absolute power and wealth (Knight 368). What were the domesday book and salisbury oath. The domesday book was basically a book full of records of every single landowner, and that's not all, it has the livestock on the land, the amount of people on the land, this made it possible to know who has what and determine the tax per a person. This was very advanced at the time seeing as to it as there was no centralized government. the salisbury oath, kept all the tenants or lords in this case loyal and paying their dues on time