William the Conqueror – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:04:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg William the Conqueror – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 England in Chaos during the Norman Invasion of 1066 https://brewminate.com/england-in-chaos-during-the-norman-invasion-of-1066/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 19:27:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=138969 The Normans originated as early settlers of northern France. The most valued skill was knowing one’s way around

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]]> The Bayeux Tapestry: Propaganda in 1066 for William the Conqueror https://brewminate.com/the-bayeux-tapestry-propaganda-in-1066-for-william-the-conqueror/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:25:46 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=116929 The Tapestry is valued both as a work of art and as a source concerning the history of

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]]> The Marriage of Mathilde and William the Conqueror: Power, Politics, and Legacy https://brewminate.com/the-marriage-of-mathilde-and-william-the-conqueror/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:32:46 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=109634 This kind of arrangement, know as a more danico union, a Danish-style union, was common among people of

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]]> A Brief Biography of William the Conqueror https://brewminate.com/a-brief-biography-of-william-the-conqueror-2/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:32:31 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=109631 His impacts included displacing much of the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility to reshaping the English language. William’s Early Life

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]]> The Impact of the Norman Conquest of England https://brewminate.com/the-impact-of-the-norman-conquest-of-england/ Thu, 19 Sep 2019 19:25:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=105584 The conquest saw the Norman elite replace that of the Anglo-Saxons. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Norman conquest

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]]> A Brief Biography of William the Conqueror https://brewminate.com/a-brief-biography-of-william-the-conqueror/ Thu, 19 Sep 2019 19:25:29 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=106629 An accomplished diplomat, gifted military commander, and ruthless overlord. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction William the Conqueror (c. 1027-1087

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]]> The Domesday Book: Counting a Person’s Worth in William the Conqueror’s England https://brewminate.com/the-domesday-book-counting-a-persons-worth-in-william-the-conquerors-england/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 17:43:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=90678 The record is unique in European history and, packed full of statistics and snippets which reveal details of

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