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-William, duke of Normandy, defeats King Harold in the last succesful invasion of Brutain.
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From 1066 to 1071, fortified castles were built throughout the country, beginning with the Tower of London
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-a reformed church;
-a political feudal system based on landholding;
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Feudalism in England became formalized
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After William I death, Robert, his eldest son, became Duke of Normandy
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After willian I death, William II, His second son, became King of England
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William suppressed two revolts in England and invaded the Welsh and Scottish kepting intact his father´s conquest and made it possible to his brother to reunite England with Nornandy.
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Henry I,William I youngest son, married Edith-Matilda,the nearest blood king of the royal House of England and recall Archbishop Anselm from exile to strengthen his position.
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Henry I defeated Robert at Tinchebray and Normandy came under his rule
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Henry's only legitimate son, William, drowned crossing the Channel
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Henry married Eleanor of Aquitaine who had divorced King Louis VII of France to wed him. She brougt as her dowry Aquitaine and Toulouse.
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After nineteen long years of civil war and lawlessness, the Treaty of Wallingford was signed, providing for Matilda's son, Henry, to succeed Stephen.
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Becket had served as chancellor with such distinction that Henry II
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