England With The Normans Relationship Analysis (1066-1189)

In 1066, Normandy duke Willia m conquered England, which opened new chapter of theEnglish history. After this, two ma in races―the English and the Normans in more tha n 120years, namely from charging England of Willia mⅠto the end of HenryⅡ's rule (1066–1189),went through a process from hostility and conflict to excha nge and fusion. They gradua lly turnedinto a family from the matches of the former days. What interesting is, the Normans as theconquerors and their descenda nts fused into the English society, and fina lly became the English.This article ma inly elaborates the process of the happening and development of the races'relations hip between the English and the Normans during more tha n one hundred years, andanalyses the reasons why the relationship of the two races evolved, and further inquires into thefactors that the Normans tended to adopt the English identity.The full text is composed by four chapters as following:As the background of the Norman Conquest of England, the first chapter elaborates theEnglish and Normans' origins, their respective history and their relationship before 1066. TheEnglish and the Normans share the Germa ns. However, they formed two different races in theraces' move ments. As a result of the differences of benefits and standpoints, the ir initia l meetingma y not be friend ly. Along with the change of the situation, the bilateral rulers carried onintermarria ge, which indica ted the arrival of the Norman Conquest.The second chapter elaborates the relationship between the English and the Normans from1066 to 1100 ( the period s of the rule of Willia mⅠand Willia mⅡ). Normandy duke Willia mconquered England , which pulled the relationship of the two races closer. But this kind ofrelationship based on the wars full of blood. The following to come were a succession of warsand the conflicts. Hostility controlled the relationship of the two races in the short-term, and itsroots were the hatred mood which the wars initiated, the capture of benefits and all sorts ofdifferences of cultural contexts.The third chapter elaborates the relationship between the English and the Normans from 1100to 1189 (the period s of the rule of HenryⅠ, Stephen and HenryⅡ). Although each kind ofreasons caused two races' relations hip to be intense, they gave up the past animosity very quick ly.With increased excha nges day by day, by intermarriages, forming the feuda l lordship andcollea gueship, the two races gradua lly walked together, merged into a organic whole in eachsocia l stratum, each place and each situation. There are ma ny deep reasons, including both thespiritual aspects and the materia l aspects. The fourth chapter elaborates the result that the English and the Normans blended, namely theNormans became the English. Willia m the Conqueror and his descenda nts inherited the entire setof system of the period of Anglo-Saxon. England's culture fortunately survived. England's happyliterary figure and its richness caused the Normans who were settled in England to excite theemotions in the course of time . Particularly, the descenda nts of the Normans and the children ofmixed blood who were born here had deep dependence on England. The persons outside ofEngland often saw the Normans and other outsiders in England as the English. In brief, the jointforces of all sorts of factors caused the Normans to accept the English's identity.