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Middle Ages 3: the High Middle Ages

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The Church Is a Whole World Unto Itself

William, who is now known as william the conqueror, introduces french language into england. He also carries out various administrative and centralizing reforms like onei would have seen at same time in france or germany. And he actually carries out the first comprehensive census of england to catalogue the various resources,. Human, animal, economic, and compiles them into what was called the doomsday book. It's really an emblem of this new style of a centralized tream lined royal administration.

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