Norman conquest of England

People living in Medieval Europe followed Christianity. This religion “had been established in England during the Dark Ages. In the Middle Ages, following the Norman conquest, new stone churches and cathedrals were built. Religious festivals marked an event of religious importance for every month of the year”(“Religious Festivals”). Everyone who lived in Europe during the Middle Ages…

This Essay will explore how judge made law (Stare decisis) evolved in England and Wales through the doctrine of legal precedent. Judicial precedent is regarded as the most important source of law that offers predictability, uniformity, equality, certainty and convenience. Judicial precedent though has negative attributes. Case law is notoriously slow to change through rigidity and only repealed through an appellate court or legislation. Legal precedent is known by the Latin ‘Stare decisis et…

If I were fortunate enough to receive the scholarship that the “From a Different Perspective” organization, it would be an opportunity of a lifetime if I were able to embark France. If I were given this special opportunity, I would choose to embark Provence – Alpes – Côte d’Azur, a region in Southeastern France and formerly known as Provence. Provence is known for their beautiful field of lavender flower. I chose Provence for the geographical benefits of the regions such as being close to the…

Lower Normandy is a very impressive and interesting place while not being hardly larger than the State of Connecticut. It is the site of many game changing and devastating historical events. Lower Normandy also has a beautiful landscape and beaches.. Lower Normandy also has its own fair share of indigenous cuisine only found in the area. There are also three different regions in Lower Normandy, Calvados, Manche, and Orne. The first of the regions, is called Calvados. Calvados is recognized for…

on pillage and conquest. Something akin to a pirate. Our modern, romanticized impressions of who and what the Vikings were contain a lot of myths and misconceptions. An array of books, movies and television shows have been inspired by a modern fascination with Vikings. However, many inaccurately portray true Viking history. The Vikings are famous for having inflicted great violence and suffering, and they did. They attacked vulnerable communities along the coasts of Scotland, England, Ireland,…

By January 1348, the plague was in Marseilles. It reached Paris in the spring, 1348 and England in September, 1348. Moving along the Rhine trade routes, the plague reached Germany in 1348, and the Low Countries the same year. Historians agree that 1348 was the worst of the plague years. In May, 1349, an English wool ship brought the plague to Norway. The Great Mortality then made its way to Greenland and after killing a large proportion of the population there encountered the towering ice…

The story of my search “How am I going to pull this off?” This exact question I asked myself seconds after I received this project, in a one thousand words essay. I would have thought it a daunting and boring task at first, how can I write a 1000 word essay about my name. Personally, I did not think that I would be able to find hardly any information on the subject. I thought I knew enough about my name to begin with, it is mine, my own, and no one can take it from me; However, as my research…

Therefore, by marrying Matilda, Henry I strategically integrated himself into two illustrious lines of kings. Through the Matilda-Henry marriage, the Anglo-Saxon line became part of the ruler’s lineage, reinstated after its break following the Norman conquest. The accompanying text states that ‘Henry the First … held the kingdom in peace, marrying Matilda daughter of Margaret Queen of Scotland granddaughter of Edward’, reaffirming the strategic nature of the marriage. Another example of a…

completely different. This series of translation and mistranslation led to confusion when person was diagnosis in biblical times and also in the Middle Ages. The first evidence of the disease in England comes from the 4th century Romano-British cemetery in Dorchester, but it not until the Norman Conquest that institutional provision was made to help individuals who had contracted the…

Old English literature encompasses literature written in Old English in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th century to the decades after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo Saxon literature consists of: sermons and saints' lives; biblical translations; translated Latin works of the early Church Fathers; Anglo-Saxon chronicles and narrative history works; laws, wills and other legal works; practical works on grammar, medicine, geography; and poetry. Anglo Saxon literature has gone through different…