Ontario High School History of England . in 1068, and built within its walls a strong THE NORMAN KINGS 55 Norman tower, in which he lodged a Norman garrison, tooverawe the city. He had to build many such towers, andthey dotted the whole conquered land, symbols, in theirrugged strength, of the resolve of the Norman to hold whathe had won. The massive Tower of London stands to-day,/almost unchanged since it was reared by ^ The conquest of the North, 1069-70, and of Scotland,1073.—In the north William did something more terriblethan the building of towers. Repeated revolts roused at? la
Ontario High School History of England . in 1068, and built within its walls a strong THE NORMAN KINGS 55 Norman tower, in which he lodged a Norman garrison, tooverawe the city. He had to build many such towers, andthey dotted the whole conquered land, symbols, in theirrugged strength, of the resolve of the Norman to hold whathe had won. The massive Tower of London stands to-day,/almost unchanged since it was reared by ^ The conquest of the North, 1069-70, and of Scotland,1073.—In the north William did something more terriblethan the building of towers. Repeated revolts roused at? last his fieiy anger and he took a terrible vengeance. Ofthe many pages of histoiy stained with blood, none isdarker than that which tells of his harrying of Northum-berland. Over the space of sixty miles from York toDurham he destroyed all the towns and villages. Men,women, and children perished by hundreds. Years after,when he lay dying, these scenes in Northumberland rose totorture his conscience. In the depth of winter, he crossed. Military Centres ofJBRlTlAXISr. .-•-March of the ConquerorHasliup^s to Berkhamstead, England to Chester, contemptuously dismissing those of hisfollowers who murmured at the danger of death on theway from cold and starvation. Chester fell, and the terrorreached the heart of his foes on the Welsh border. Thelast English revolt was in the fen country about Ely. HereWilliam built a causeway across the marshes, and at length 56 HISTORY OF ENGLAND captured Ely. There even Hereward, the bravest of theEnglish leaders, yielded and entered his service. Williamsarm reached beyond Englandi Malcolm Canmore, king ofScotland, had married Edgar Athelings sister Margaret,and his court became a refuge for the rebel English. Heravaged the north of England and carried off many ofWilliams subjects into slavciy, William bided his length, in 1072, he marched into Scotland, and, in ashort campaign, forced Malcolm to acknowledge himselfthe vassal of the king of
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