Good or Bad? Norman invasion of 1066

[Synapsid]

Is this serious XD?

[Zeno]

You must be kidding me now, don't you?

[Zeno]

It was positive for the English, as it helped consolidate their stronghold in the world. But it was relevant, to a smaller extent of course, and before the Norman invasion, in the Anglo-Saxon times. The time of the reign of Alfred the Great is an indicator of that. Also, before the Norman invasion, the Anglo-Saxon produced many scholars, like Bede.

[PaleoEuropean]

It was positive for the English, as it helped consolidate their stronghold in the world. But it was relevant, to a smaller extent of course, and before the Norman invasion, in the Anglo-Saxon times. The time of the reign of Alfred the Great is an indicator of that. Also, before the Norman invasion, the Anglo-Saxon produced many scholars, like Bede.

Normans also pretty much destroyed Islam in Europe and also brought Europe to the Holy Land. Without the Normans the Crusades wouldn't have ever happened.

[Zeno]

Normans also pretty much destroyed Islam in Europe and also brought Europe to the Holy Land. Without the Normans the Crusades wouldn't have ever happened.

In cooperation with the Greeks ofc

[Tanase Munviescu]

Normans also pretty much destroyed Islam in Europe and also brought Europe to the Holy Land. Without the Normans the Crusades wouldn't have ever happened.

and they replaced it with another Judean religion

[Creoda]

Do you think the Norman invasion of 1066 is a change for the positive, or was it negative?
Personally I wish the Normans never invaded, England today would be more Scando-like in culture and language. There was no feudalism in England, all were yoeman farmers and freemen. The Normans reduced the Englishman to a semi slave. I prefer Anglo Saxon art to high medieval Plantagenet art, esp. the manuscript illuminations.

I regret the death of Anglo-Saxon England as I love it, but there's no point dwelling on ancient history or what should have been, especially for something so crucial to all subsequent English/British Isles history and everything that now exists. It's an important part of the tapestry of our history, neither good or bad at this point.

I'm all for a policy of cultural re-Anglicisation though.

[Creoda]

But the wrong side definitely won in 1066 and it still hurts a bit

[Daco Celtic]

Make England Celtic again. Rid them of Anglo-Saxon and Norman invaders! King Arthur!