FAMOUS EVENTS ON CHRISTMAS: WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Famous Events On Christmas
a) While Christmas is traditionally viewed as a time for family gatherings, gift giving and church services, the holiday has also coincided with some of history's most crucial events. The “most wonderful time of the year” has been interrupted by legendary battles, coronations of kings and scientific breakthroughs, and it even helped inspire one of the most famous wartime truces on record.
b) Here is one of them.
2. William The Conqueror (1066)
a) The 1066 holiday season played host to an event that permanently changed the course of European history. On Christmas Day, William, Duke of Normandy — better known as William the Conqueror — was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey in London. This coronation came in the wake of William’s legendary invasion of the British Isles, which had ended in October 1066 with a victory over King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings.
b) William the Conqueror’s 21-year rule would see many Norman customs and laws find their way into English life. After consolidating his power by building famous structures such as the Tower of London and Windsor Castle, William also gave copious land grants to his French-speaking allies. This not only permanently changed the development of the English language — nearly one-third of modern English is derived from French words—but it also contributed to the rise of the feudal system of government that characterized much of the Middle Ages.
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1. Famous Events On Christmasa) While Christmas is traditionally viewed as a time for family gatherings, gift giving and church services, the holiday has also coincided with some of history's most crucial events. The “most wonderful time of the year” has been interrupted by legendary battles, coronations of kings and scientific breakthroughs, and it even helped inspire one of the most famous wartime truces on record.
b) Here is one of them.
2. William The Conqueror (1066)
a) The 1066 holiday season played host to an event that permanently changed the course of European history. On Christmas Day, William, Duke of Normandy — better known as William the Conqueror — was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey in London. This coronation came in the wake of William’s legendary invasion of the British Isles, which had ended in October 1066 with a victory over King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings.
b) William the Conqueror’s 21-year rule would see many Norman customs and laws find their way into English life. After consolidating his power by building famous structures such as the Tower of London and Windsor Castle, William also gave copious land grants to his French-speaking allies. This not only permanently changed the development of the English language — nearly one-third of modern English is derived from French words—but it also contributed to the rise of the feudal system of government that characterized much of the Middle Ages.
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