Ontario High School History of England . and waited. TheEnglish Witan, meanwhile, chose Edgar Atheling, grandsonof Edmund Ironside, to succeed Harold. He was, however,a mere boy, and was apparently never crowned. Thelosers at Hastings began to remember that England hadalready prospered under a foreign king, Canute; and, twomonths after the great battle, a deputation from London,including even Edgar Atheling himself, offered the crownto William. He accepted it, and, on Christmas Day, 1066, Norman Knight, 10fi6 54 HISTORY OP ENGLAND William, Duke of Normandy, was lawfully chosen andcrowned king
Ontario High School History of England . and waited. TheEnglish Witan, meanwhile, chose Edgar Atheling, grandsonof Edmund Ironside, to succeed Harold. He was, however,a mere boy, and was apparently never crowned. Thelosers at Hastings began to remember that England hadalready prospered under a foreign king, Canute; and, twomonths after the great battle, a deputation from London,including even Edgar Atheling himself, offered the crownto William. He accepted it, and, on Christmas Day, 1066, Norman Knight, 10fi6 54 HISTORY OP ENGLAND William, Duke of Normandy, was lawfully chosen andcrowned king of England. 3. The Rule of William the Conqueror The harshness of Norman rule.—The Norman Conquestwas no accident. The in\^aders were the stronger race;more hardy, intelligent, thrifty, and sober, than the English,and theyusffire better armed and organized. On the otherhand, they were more brutal and cruel in their methods thanthe conquered people had ever been. It was not longbefore the Englishman found that, for him, as against the. Battle AbbeyBuilt on the site of Harolds fall. Norman, justice did not exist. Norman ruffians mightseize an Englishmans property, or jcarry off his wife, butthe conquered race could get no redress. Of course, revoltsbroke out. As of old, however, the English were notunited, and did not take common action. Revolt in thesouth-west centred at Exeter, but it died out when Williamtook that place 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 h
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