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Conquest Norman of England by William the Conqueror.
Conquest of the Sicily by the Norman .
Fight against the Patares (or Patarins) with Milan, in favor of the religious reforms (end in 1080).

the word miles , indicating the knight S, is essential in Mâcon are born, Île-de-France and in Provence at the same time as the word nobilis is erased. At the end of the 11th century, it extends to all the classes from the laic aristocracy. The introduction of the clamp in Occident makes it possible the rider to be dressed in a heavy armament (Haubert, Heaume, ecu) and to use the Lance as arms with shock. The heaviness of harnessing requires a not very common force maintained as of more the young age by an intensive drive (drives out, tests of the Behour and the Quintaine, Tournoi S).
Appearance in the Italian cities of the Commenda, system which associates a backer with a merchant.

to sit their authority, the Normands build in enormous castles (Norwich, Lincoln, Durham, York, Newcastle on the Tyne) and cathedrals (Durham, Ely), the Tour of London and the big room of Westminster which is then the vastest building of Europe.
England counts 1,5 million inhabitants. The Norman colonists are estimated at 10.000, including 2000 knights. They however adapt quasi the monopoly of the influential positions. The royal family, the Church and ten large lords respectively have each one 20% of the territory.
Political of afforestation: into hundred years, a quarter of the country is transformed into forests.

Reforms of Wang Ngan-Che (1019 - 1086): balance budget of the State, loan on harvest granted spring with the peasants by the State, suppression of the drudgery replaced by a tax (first personal tax).

Simple: 1060s

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