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Essay / The Anglo-Norman Kingdom - 902
The Anglo-Norman KingdomMany effects occurred during the Norman Conquest of England, some of these were influenced by contact between languages, e.g. the adoption of French or the Latinization of In Normandy, even in England, the Normans called themselves French because of the similarities that united them. However, other aspects did not undergo any changes, the Normans did not introduce any new methods of agriculture or any new system of state management. The laws of the people were not changed much, and the foreign settlers became subject to native customs, so that the general economic and social organization of England and the massive governmental imprint imposed on it by generations of kings and their bishops and counts passed through conquest. with only few changes. When we talk about kingship, we must emphasize that William gained the traditional powers and rights of the English monarchy after Edward, but in the event that he could gain new power after the conquest, he did so. William I was more than a Norman duke and more than an Old English king, he made himself more powerful than either, he issued writs under the great seal in English and, occasionally, in Latin. He even sent to write a survey called the Domesday Book, a new and detailed account of its incidence and a good means of keeping the state of wealth in England under control. King William made no changes to the law, but it was clear that the king's will was greater than custom. The English chancery with its writ and seal, the English treasury and the Danegeld were admitted by the Normans, but from this time there was a new baronage, more Norman than English, and this led to wider changes born from the creation of a foreign and new aristocracy, both...... middle of paper ......not attending the council while the bishops and abbots attended the councils because of their king's baronies; they attended mainly because they were the Witan of the country. The Archbishop of Canterbury frequently claimed and obtained the position of principal advisor to the king. Others, as officials, servants and visitors, were present because it was the king's will. This is what we know of his advice but when we talk about the changes in the king's household we could say that William brought his own servants and the Anglo-Danish officials, the Thegns. But also the seneschals or stewards, the constables, the marshal, the chamberlain, the chancellor of the chapel and the butler always performed the same type of personal service to the king. Together they formed the king's court, and as the royal government grew, they became officers of state..