Norman Aristocracy

Money

spent money building castles/churches/cathedrals

Religion

• very religious

• every soldier had to atone for fighting at Hastings

  • 1 yr of penance for each man killed

  • 40 days for each man wounded

  • build church if unsure of numbers

• believed in chivalry

Lifestyle

• loved hunting for sport rather than food

• fashion was to shave back of heads

• listened + memorised writs rather than learning to write

• spoke French + wrote legal docs in Latin - written English disappeared by mid 12th century

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