The British nation a history / by George MWrong . Built on the site of IlaroMs tall. Willi;mi, Duke of Xormandy, was lawfully chosen andcrowned King of England. A solemn service was heldin Westminster .Vbbey. At its most important point the FROM THE ENGLISH TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST 61 ringing Englisli shout of acceptance of the new kingfrightened liis Xorman followers, who thought it a signalof riot. The precincts of the Abbey were set on fire and. JliUtaij Centres ofJBRITLA^IlSr. ------- March of the Coiuiueror from Has^tiiigs lo Berkliaiuslead. the crowd rushed out, leaving
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . Built on the site of IlaroMs tall. Willi;mi, Duke of Xormandy, was lawfully chosen andcrowned King of England. A solemn service was heldin Westminster .Vbbey. At its most important point the FROM THE ENGLISH TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST 61 ringing Englisli shout of acceptance of the new kingfrightened liis Xorman followers, who thought it a signalof riot. The precincts of the Abbey were set on fire and. JliUtaij Centres ofJBRITLA^IlSr. ------- March of the Coiuiueror from Has^tiiigs lo Berkliaiuslead. the crowd rushed out, leaving onl}- the king and the clergybefore the altar. In turmoil and bloodshed began Will-iams lawful reign, and in them it was to continne till noone dared to raise a hand against him. Books for Reference * Green, The Making of England (449-829), (2 vols., 1897); * Green,The Conquest of England (829-1071), (2 vols., 1899); Conybeare, Al-fred in the Chroniclers (1900), (mainly extracts from Chronicles); Free-man, The Norman Conquest (6 vols., 1867-79); Ramsay, The Foun-dations of England (2 vols., 1898). CHAPTER V Pre-Norman Civilization in England Under Eoman rule Britain had become a highly civ-ilized land, with an extensive trade. But the English con-queror who succeeded Kome cared nothingfor the trade, and it was completely the cultivation of the soil he did care;it remained for centuries almost his sole in-dustry. Apparently in some districts the E
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