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From the history of Great Britain

The conquest of England by the Normans began in 1066 with the Battle of Hastings, where the English fought against the Normans. The conquest was completed five years later, in 1071. Who were the Normans who conquered England? Some 150 years before the conquest of England, they settled in a part of France, opposite England, called Normandy. There, they adopted the Christian faith, the French language and Roman law. So, in a word, they became French.

The Normans brought the French language to England. After the Norman Conquest, there were 3 languages in England. There was Latin, the language of the church and learned men and women. Secondly, French was the language, which kings, queens, and nobles spoke. And last but not least, there was the English language, which remained as the language of the ordinary masses. The role of the Norman Conquest was very significant in the development of feudalism and monarchy in Britain.