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It was during this king's reign and under these influences that the trading and industrial classes began to rise somewhat. IT WAS DURING THIS KING'S REIGN AND UNDER THESE INFLUENCES THAT THE TRADING AND INDUSTRIAL CLASSES BEGAN TO RISE SOMEWHAT
ch they involved the princes and their barons, furthered the upward movement of the classes that lay below the feudal vassals, great and little; the principal opportunity for which movement, however, in England, was given by the continuous struggle between the Crown and the Church and Baronage. The early Norman kings, even immediately after the death of the Conqueror, found themselves involved in this struggle, and were forced to avail themselves of the help of what had now become the inferior tribe—the native English, to wit. Henry I., an able and ambitious man, understood this so clearly that he made a distinct bid for the favour of the inferior tribe by marrying an English princess; and it was by means of the help of his English subjects that he conquered his Norman subjects, and the field of Tenchebray, which put the coping-stone on his success, was felt by the English people as an English victory over the oppressing tribe with which Duke William had overwhelmed the English people. ESSITIES IN WHICH THEY INVOLVED THE PRINCES AND THEIR BARONS FURTHER THE UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE CLASSES THAT LAY BELOW THE FEUDAL VESSALS GREAT AND LITTLE THE PRINCIPAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WHICH MOVEMENT HOWEVER IN ENGLAND WAS GIVEN BY THE CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE CROWN AND THE CHURCH AND BARONAGE THE EARLY NORMAN KINGS EVEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DEATH OF THE CONQUEROR FOUND THEMSELVES INVOLVED IN THIS STRUGGLE AND WERE FORCED TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE HELP OF WHAT HAD NOW BECOME THE INFERIOR TRIBE THE NATIVE ENGLISH DE WIT HENRY THE FIRST AN ABLE AND AMBITIOUS MAN UNDERSTOOD THIS SO CLEARLY THAT HE MADE A DISTINCT BID FOR THE FAVOUR OF THE INFERIOR TRIBE BY MARRYING AN ENGLISH PRINCESS AND IT WAS BY MEANS OF THE HELP OF HIS ENGLISH SUBJECTS THAT HE CONQUERED HIS NORMAN SUBJECTS AND THE FIELD OF TENTEPRAY WHICH PUT THE COPING STONE ON HIS SUCCESS WAS FELT BY THE ENGLISH PEOPLE AS AN ENGLISH VICTORY OVER THE OPPRESSING TRIBE WITH WHICH DUKE WILLIAM HAD OVERWHELMED THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
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