ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -On Christmas Day, 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned the first Norman king of England, in Westminster Abbey, and the Anglo-Saxon phase of English history came to an end.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Anglo-Saxon era ended with William of Normandy’s triumph at the battle of Hastings in 1066, which ushered in a new era of Norman rule.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Anglo-Saxon Period came to an end, however, in the year 1066, when William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy (in northern France) and cousin to the recently-deceased Anglo-Saxon King Edward the Confessor, claimed the English crown for himself and led Norman troops on a military conquest of England.

Detailed explanation-4: -His English is grammatical and idiomatic: almost certainly he was an Anglo-Saxon, not a Norman. Though William had placed Normans in the highest positions in the English church (both the Archbishop of Canterbury and the prior of Christ Church were Normans), Anglo-Saxons remained influential.

Detailed explanation-5: -Legacy of the Battle of Hastings After his victory at the Battle of Hastings, William marched on London and received the city’s submission. On Christmas Day of 1066, he was crowned the first Norman king of England in Westminster Abbey, and the Anglo-Saxon phase of English history came to an end.