How profoundly changed was England through the Norman Conquest?

Essay from the year 2005 in the subject History of Europe - Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, grade: 2,0, University of Birmingham, language: English, abstract: I. IntroductionIn the centuries before 1066 England had experienced a number of invasions from oversee. But none was as lasting as the Norman Conquest after the battle of Hastings. Although William the Conqueror claimed to be the legitimate h...