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But the Conquest of Duke William did introduce the complete Feudal system into the country; and it also connected it by strong bonds to the Romanized countries, and yet by so doing laid the first foundations of national feeling in England. BUT THE CONQUEST OF DUKE WILLIAM DID INTRODUCE THE COMPLETE FEUDAL SYSTEM INTO THE COUNTRY AND IT ALSO CONNECTED IT BY STRONG BONDS TO THE ROMANIZED COUNTRIES AND YET BY DOING SO LAID THE FIRST FOUNDATIONS OF NATIONAL FEELING IN ENGLAND
 of Parliament, that is a matter of tactics for the time being; but even here I cannot help seeing the danger of their being seduced from their true errand, and I fear that they might become, on the terms above mentioned, simply supporters of the very thing they set out to undo. I say that our work lies quite outside Parliament, and it is to help to educate the people by every and any means that may be effective; and the knowledge we have to help them to is threefold—to know their own, to know how to take their own, and to know how to use their own. FEUDAL ENGLAND. IT is true that the Norman Conquest found a certain kind of feudality in existence in England—a feudality which was developed from the customs of the Teutonic tribes with no admixture of Roman law; and also that even before the Conquest this country was slowly beginning to be mixed up with the affairs of the Continent of Europe, and that not only with the kindred nations of Scandinavia, but with the Romanized countries also.  SECTION FOUR OF SIGNS OF CHANGE BY WILLIAM MORRIS THIS LIVERY BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY DEBORAH BRAEBEN FEUDAL ENGLAND IT IS TRUE THAT THE NORMAN CONQUEST FOUND A CERTAIN KIND OF FEUDALITY IN EXISTENCE IN ENGLAND A FEUDALITY WHICH WAS DEVELOPED FROM THE CUSTOMS OF THE TEUTONIC TRIBES WITH NO ADMIXTURE OF ROMAN LAW AND ALSO THAT EVEN BEFORE THE CONQUEST THIS COUNTRY WAS SLOWLY BEGINNING TO BE MIXED UP WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE AND THAT NOT ONLY WITH THE KINDRED NATIONS OF SCANDINAVIA BUT WITH THE ROMANIZED COUNTRIES ALSO
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