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Duke William brought, in fact, his Normandy into England, which was thereby changed from a Teutonic people (Old Norse theod), with the tribal customary law still in use among them, into a province of Romanized Feudal Europe, a piece of France, in short; and though in time she did grow into another England again, she missed for ever in her laws, and still more in her language and her literature, the chance of developing into a great homogeneous Teutonic people infused usefully with a mixture of Celtic blood. DUKE WILLIAM BROUGHT IN FACT HIS NORMANDY INTO ENGLAND WHICH WAS THEREBY CHANGED FROM A TEUTONIC PEOPLE OLD NORSE THEIOD WITH THE TRIBAL CUSTOMARY LAW STILL IN USE AMONG THEM INTO A PROVINCE OF ROMANIZED FEUDAL EUROPE A PIECE OF FRANCE IN SHORT AND THOUGH IN TIME SHE DID GROW INTO ANOTHER ENGLAND AGAIN SHE MISSED FOREVER IN HER LAWS AND STILL MORE IN HER LANGUAGE AND HER LITERATURE THE CHANCE OF DEVELOPING INTO A GREAT HOMOGENEOUS TEUTONIC PEOPLE INFUSED USEFULLY WITH A MIXTURE OF CELTIC BLOOD
ence and organized; and, on the other hand, England lay before him, unorganized, yet stubbornly rebellious to him; its very disorganization and want of a centre making it more difficult to deal with by merely overrunning it with an army levied for that purpose, and backed by a body of house-carles or guards, which would have been the method of a Scandinavian or native king in dealing with his rebellious subjects. Duke William’s necessities and instincts combined led him into a very different course of action, which determined the future destiny of the country. What he did was to quarter upon England an army of feudal vassals drawn from his obedient dukedom, and to hand over to them the lordship of the land of England in return for their military service to him, the suzerain of them all. Thenceforward, it was under the rule of these foreign landlords that the people of England had to develop. The development of the country as a Teutonic people was checked and turned aside by this event. F REDUCED TO OBEDIENCE AND ORGANIZED AND ON THE OTHER HAND ENGLAND LAY BEFORE HIM UNORGANIZED YET STUBBORNLY REBELLIOUS TO HIM HIS VERY DISORGANIZATION AND WANT OF ASSENTRE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH BY MERELY OVERRUNNING IT WITH AN ARMY LEVIED FOR THAT PURPOSE AND BACKED BY A BODY OF HOUSE CARLS OR GUARDS WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE METHOD OF A SCANDINAVIAN OR NATIVE KING IN DEALING WITH HIS REBELLIOUS SUBJECTS DUKE WILLIAM'S NECESSITIES AND INSTINCTS COMBINED LED HIM INTO A VERY DIFFERENT COURSE OF ACTION WHICH DETERMINED THE FUTURE DESTINY OF THE COUNTRY WHAT HE DID WAS TO QUARTER UPON ENGLAND AN ARMY OF FEUDAL VASSALS DRAWN FROM HIS OBEDIENT DUKEDOM AND TO HAND OVER TO THEM THE LORDSHIP OF THE LAND OF ENGLAND IN RETURN FOR THEIR MILITARY SERVICE TO HIM THE SUZERAIN OF THEM ALL THENCEFORWARD IT WAS UNDER THE RULE OF THESE FOREIGN LANDLORDS THAT THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND HAD TO DEVELOP THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY AS A TEUTONIC PEOPLE WAS CHECKED AND TURNED ASIDE BY THIS EVENT
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