. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. o all their children, and they were generally exemptfrom taxation. No changes were made in the organization of the Church during the Nor-man peri
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. o all their children, and they were generally exemptfrom taxation. No changes were made in the organization of the Church during the Nor-man period, but the principal offices in it were also handed over to the Nor-mans. Henry I. and the Archbishop of Canterbury disputed because of theprovision of a special court for the trial of ecclesiastics. This law was notfinally abolished until the opening of the nineteenth century. Knighthood wascommon, and had the knights actually been what they were in theory, they wouldhave formed a perfect body of soldiery, and the most accomplished of gentle-men. The men of course fought as had the Saxons, the armor being the same,though improvements were gradually made in it. The army consisted of cavalryor knights, nearly all of whom were Normans, and of Saxon foot soldiers, whogreatly outnumbered the horsemen. Of education there was little worthy of the name. Learning was despisedby the nobility, who looked upon fighting as the highest aim of life. Since. VI-18 England—Norman Life 995 William the Conqueror could not write his own name, you may be sure thatfew of the knights surpassed him in book-knowledge. Learning was confinedto the clergy, and the meagre schools were connected with the monasteries andnunneries. Few books were written, the principal ones being histories. Theold Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was continued in English, and the Chronicles ofWilliam of Malmesbury and Henry of Huntington were written in Latin. Thebest account of the Norman conquest is the Bayeux Tapestry, worked in c
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