Norman dynasty

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1. a succession of English kings founded by Duke William of the duchy of Normandy in northern France, who conquered England in 1066 and whose successors ruled the country to 1154.

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Norman dynasty

Under the Norman dynasty the natural results of the Conqueror’s ecclesiastical policy were controlled by the power of the Crown.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William

In England the Great Council of the Norman dynasty, inheriting the prestige and the claims of the Anglo-Saxon Witenagemot, held from the first a more respectable position.

From Medieval Europe by Davis, H. W. C. (Henry William Carless)

There remained betwixt Cedric and the determination which the lovers desired to come to, only two obstacles—his own obstinacy, and his dislike of the Norman dynasty.

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir

Finally, in 1154, the Norman dynasty gave place to that of the Plantagenets.

From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness

Rouen indeed is the cradle of our Norman dynasty as Angers of our Plantagenet dynasty; but the Rouen of the Dukes has almost vanished while Angers remains the Angers of the Counts.

From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard