History 2173 Lecture Notes - Harald Hardrada, Norman Conquest Of England, Bayeux Tapestry
8 Feb 2013
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Period between late 8th century and the middle of the 11th century when the normans conquered england and in the british isles they committed the first act of pillage that we have recorded when they sacked a monastery at. There may have been raids before but this date was very important. The end of the age can be considered when they accept christianity and give us paganism but still others say it was when they became indistinguishable from other populations through marriage. They brought parts of the british isles under their control and areas north of there and they settled iceland and they began to colonize greenland later and they explored north america but without permanent settlements. L"anse aux meadows was a site in newfoundland that has turf constructions very much like those in greenland but the area already had a native population before the vikings got there and they were very hostile.
