The British nation a history / by George MWrong . called a proved idle and ineffective in affairsof state, and his weak nature openedthe way to the influence of said, in contemj)t, that if a chosenconfessor declared a black crow to bewhite the king Avould believe him indefiance of his own eyesight. A hundred years before Edward,adventurers from the north, akin tothose who were liaunting the English coasts, had seized that part ^?^^ ^^^^ ^^^- V The rise of n t-> i • i i / •* ^^ *-asite, axd \J Norman power, of 1^ rancc whlch lay a])OUt M„T„KR OF Edward J\ the river Se
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . called a proved idle and ineffective in affairsof state, and his weak nature openedthe way to the influence of said, in contemj)t, that if a chosenconfessor declared a black crow to bewhite the king Avould believe him indefiance of his own eyesight. A hundred years before Edward,adventurers from the north, akin tothose who were liaunting the English coasts, had seized that part ^?^^ ^^^^ ^^^- V The rise of n t-> i • i i / •* ^^ *-asite, axd \J Norman power, of 1^ rancc whlch lay a])OUt M„T„KR OF Edward J\ the river Seine. The weak French nmnarcliy could not drive back these l)arl)arians, and soon after Alfred divided England with the Danes, Charles the Simple, King of France, was forced to make terms with the Xormans. In 911 Rolf or Hollo, tlieir leader, secured possession of the land he had conquered, on condition that he sliould become the feudal vassal of tlie King of Fraiue and be baptized into tlie. THE COXFESSOE ^D. PROM THE ENGLISH TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST 47 Clirisiicin faith. Apparently many of his warriors marriedFrench women, and within a hundred years the Normansknew only the French tongue. They mastered rapidlythe best elements of the civilization of the time. It wasin architecture that the age expressed its highest ideas,and the Normans became great builders, and honouredtheir new faith with noble structures, unequalled beforein number, extent, and massiveness. Edward was related through his mother, Emma, to theNorman ducal house. He was reared at that court, andthe Xorman tongue, Norman manners, Nor-man fashions, were those with which he wasfamiliar. England seemed to him a rude andbarbarous country, and it is little wonderthat, when king, he encouraged Norman influences at hiscourt. The French tongue was introduced, and Englishcourtiers had to make clumsy efforts toutter its unfamiliar sounds. Foreign prel-ates were appointed to Canterbury, Lon-don, and other se
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