Comentario de texto statutes of william the conqueror. 1066
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STATUTES OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 1066
Statute is an established law or rule, as of a corporation. In this case, the corporation would be headed by the king William along with his princes. With them was intended to regulate the operation of a legal person, their rights and obligations within of a society and the relationship with the other members of that society.
Therefore, this is ahistorical text of a legal nature, because establishes rules for the population of these era. Although the rules were established at national level, there are some statutes that affect, not only the English people, also the people from other territories, in this case, of France.
These rules were imposed by the King William I when he took the throne in 1066. This happened after William conqueredEngland and takes the throne from his predecessor Harold Godwineson.
William was Norman. The Normans were originally Vikings of Scandinavian origin, and were mainly Danes. They settled in northwest France, adopted Frankish law and, thus, they received the feudalism, that was the social, political and economic organization based on the feud that dominate Western Europe between the 9th and 15thcenturies. William became duke in 1035. The predecessor of William, Richard II imposed feudalism in Normandy. Soon, Normandy became a powerful dukedom that was expanded by Two Sicilies (1061), and after, by England.
In England, Edward The Confessor (that was the last Anglo-saxon king) became king in 1042. He promised the throne to William, duke of Normandy in 1051 because he had no children. WhenEdward died in 1066, an Earl named Harold Godwineson was chosen as his successor because he was married with the Edward’s daughter.
That was when William and his Norman army declared the war on Harold to get realize, by force, the promise that King Edward made him to be his successor on the throne. Thus, in 1066, William, duke of Normandy, and his Norman army defeated the king Harold and theAnglo-Saxon at the Battle of Hastings. The battle lasted all they, until finally Harold was killed by an arrow pierced his eye. William, now named The Conqueror, was then the new king of England.
During his reign he was an authority king and was a keen supporter of churches and monasteries. He brought new laws, such as these statutes that I’m studying, so in 1970 he built the Tower of London tobe coined, and justice would be done. The power of William is reflected in “The Domesday Book” (1085), cadastral manuscript reflects the real control over the territory.
William is in first person, the author of these statutes, together with his princes, as is well displayed at the top of them. But his authorship is also evident throughout the text and appointing himself in the first personsingular in several occasions. At other times it does in first person plural which indicates so also are the authors of them his sons, the princes.
These laws were made by William to control English. William has earned a reputation for being nothing but a tyrant in England. However, these laws, designed to control a conquered nation, could have been much worse. But these statutes have severaladdresses or receivers. Primarily, of course, the English population in general, who now has a new king to be obeyed, though not all England had accepted him as king. Religious, freemen, feudal lords together with his subjects, were addressees of these statutes. But these statutes are directed to the Normans that have brought with him, and also, Frenchmen who shared in the customs of the English,when Edward was king and they are the most harmed of the writing.
Well, reviewing the order of the statutes, in the first one is evident the authoritarian that William had, so he imposed the rule all his subjects the belief in one God, unique, affirming that by this way will reign the peace between English and Normans.
In the second one, he required fidelity to the entire population, under...
Statute is an established law or rule, as of a corporation. In this case, the corporation would be headed by the king William along with his princes. With them was intended to regulate the operation of a legal person, their rights and obligations within of a society and the relationship with the other members of that society.
Therefore, this is ahistorical text of a legal nature, because establishes rules for the population of these era. Although the rules were established at national level, there are some statutes that affect, not only the English people, also the people from other territories, in this case, of France.
These rules were imposed by the King William I when he took the throne in 1066. This happened after William conqueredEngland and takes the throne from his predecessor Harold Godwineson.
William was Norman. The Normans were originally Vikings of Scandinavian origin, and were mainly Danes. They settled in northwest France, adopted Frankish law and, thus, they received the feudalism, that was the social, political and economic organization based on the feud that dominate Western Europe between the 9th and 15thcenturies. William became duke in 1035. The predecessor of William, Richard II imposed feudalism in Normandy. Soon, Normandy became a powerful dukedom that was expanded by Two Sicilies (1061), and after, by England.
In England, Edward The Confessor (that was the last Anglo-saxon king) became king in 1042. He promised the throne to William, duke of Normandy in 1051 because he had no children. WhenEdward died in 1066, an Earl named Harold Godwineson was chosen as his successor because he was married with the Edward’s daughter.
That was when William and his Norman army declared the war on Harold to get realize, by force, the promise that King Edward made him to be his successor on the throne. Thus, in 1066, William, duke of Normandy, and his Norman army defeated the king Harold and theAnglo-Saxon at the Battle of Hastings. The battle lasted all they, until finally Harold was killed by an arrow pierced his eye. William, now named The Conqueror, was then the new king of England.
During his reign he was an authority king and was a keen supporter of churches and monasteries. He brought new laws, such as these statutes that I’m studying, so in 1970 he built the Tower of London tobe coined, and justice would be done. The power of William is reflected in “The Domesday Book” (1085), cadastral manuscript reflects the real control over the territory.
William is in first person, the author of these statutes, together with his princes, as is well displayed at the top of them. But his authorship is also evident throughout the text and appointing himself in the first personsingular in several occasions. At other times it does in first person plural which indicates so also are the authors of them his sons, the princes.
These laws were made by William to control English. William has earned a reputation for being nothing but a tyrant in England. However, these laws, designed to control a conquered nation, could have been much worse. But these statutes have severaladdresses or receivers. Primarily, of course, the English population in general, who now has a new king to be obeyed, though not all England had accepted him as king. Religious, freemen, feudal lords together with his subjects, were addressees of these statutes. But these statutes are directed to the Normans that have brought with him, and also, Frenchmen who shared in the customs of the English,when Edward was king and they are the most harmed of the writing.
Well, reviewing the order of the statutes, in the first one is evident the authoritarian that William had, so he imposed the rule all his subjects the belief in one God, unique, affirming that by this way will reign the peace between English and Normans.
In the second one, he required fidelity to the entire population, under...
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