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Plan of St. Gall

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Switzerland 800's

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Reliquary Statue of St. Foi

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France 1000

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The Bayeux Tapestry

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England 1070-80

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Death of Edward the Confessor [Bayeux Tapestry]

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England 1070-80

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Harold Crowned King [Bayeux Tapestry]

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England 1070-80

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Messengers Come to William of Normandy [Bayeux Tapestry]

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England 1070-80

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Harold Swears an Oath to Duke William [Bayeux Tapestry]

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England 1070-80

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Aelgyva and A Cleric [Bayeux Tapestry]

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England 1070-80

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Normans Ride into Battle [Bayeux Tapestry]

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England 1070-80

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The Battle of Hastings [Bayeux Tapestry]

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England 1070-80

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Bishop Odo in the Battle of Hastings [Bayeux Tapestry]

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England 1070-80

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Death of Harold Godwinson [Bayeux Tapestry]

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England 1070-80

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Cathedral of Saint James

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Spain 1075-1125

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South Transept Portal [Cathedral of Saint James]

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Spain 1100

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Life of Christ Tympanum [Cathedral of Saint James]

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Spain 1100

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Temptation of Christ Tympanum [Cathedral of Saint James]

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Spain 1100

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Cloister of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre

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France 1100

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Capital with Daniel in the Lion's Den

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France 1100

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Capital with Paired

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France 1100

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Capital with the Life of St. Martin and Hybrid Creatures

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France 1100

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Pier Relief of Abbot Durandus

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France 1100

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Last Supper Capital [Notre Dame la Daurade]

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France 1100

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Flagellation Capital [Notre Dame la Daurade]

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France 1100

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Death of John the Baptist Capital [Saint-Etienne]

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France 1100

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Wise and Foolish Virgins Capital [Saint-Etienne]

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France 1100

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Pentecost Tympanum [Church of St. Mary Magdalene]

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France 1100-30

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Last Judgment Tympanum [Church of St. Foi]

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France 1120-40

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Dream of the Magi [Church of St. Lazurus]

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France 1120-40

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Adoration of the Magi [Church of St. Lazurus]

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France 1120-40

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Flight into Egypt [Church of St. Lazurus]

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France 1120-40

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Nave Entrance [Church of St. Lazurus]

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France 1120-40

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Last Judgment Tympanum [Church of St. Lazurus]

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France 1120-40

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Mantle of Roger II

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Sicily 1133

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Dome Mosaics [Palatine Chapel]

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Sicily 1142

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Apse Mosaics [Palatine Chapel]

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Sicily 1142

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Christ Crowning Roger II [Martorana]

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Sicily 1143-51

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Cenocephalus and Dwarf with a Fish [Wonders of the East]

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England 1150

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Lertice and Blemmye [Wonders of the East]

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England 1150

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Chasse of Champagnat

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France 1150

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Hildegard of Bingen and her scribe Volmar [Rupertsburg Scivias]

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Germany 1150-75

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God Enthroned Shows Himself to Hildegard [Rupertsburg Scivias]

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Germany 1150-75

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Virgin and Child as Throne of Wisdom

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France 1150-1200

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Portico de la Gloria [Cathedral of St. James]

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Spain 1168-88

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Apse Mosaics [Monreale Cathedral]

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Sicily 1175-95

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Christ Crowning Roger II [Monreale Cathedral]

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Sicily 1175-95

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Arm Reliquary of the Apostles

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Germany 1195

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Nicholas of Verdun: Shrine of the 3 Kings

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Germany 1181-1230

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Reliquary Head

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France 1200 (A grey head)

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Psalter Map

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England 1200's

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St. Thomas Becket Pilgrim Badges

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England 1200? (Ship and Circle Badge)

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Pilgrim Badge with Phalli Carrying a Vulva in Procession

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Netherlands 1350 (Hairy Vagina Badge)

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Vulva Pilgrim Badge

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Netherlands 1450 (3 penises carrying a vagina)

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an ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.

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Archivolt

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a vault forming a half cylinder

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Barrel Vault

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the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror defeated the Saxons under Harold II and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest

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Battle of Hastings

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Leader of the Cistercian order of the monks

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Bernard of Clairvaux

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A nubian tribe of headless creatures

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Blemmye

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rules established as valid and fundamental in art

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Canons

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ancient race of dog-headed men

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Cenocephalus

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a shape commonly used in metalwork for reliquaries

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Chasse

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area of a church or cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and church choir

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Choir

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a member of an order of monks and nuns

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Cistercians

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a covered walk having an open arcade opening onto a courtyard

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Cloister

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was among the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England

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Edward the Confessor

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the art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads

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Embroidery

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Different objects that leave apart of yourself to a shrine

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Ex-voto

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was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

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Harold Godwinson

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Author of scientific and medical works

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Hildegard of Bingen

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horizontal strip across the top of a door or window

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Lintel

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the wondrous beings found in The Wonders of the East

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Marvelous or monstrous races

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were Vikings who settled on the coast of France

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Normans

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half-brother of William the Conqueror, and was second in power after the King of England

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Odo of Bayeux

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the Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit

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Pentecost

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were sold in the medieval period as souvenirs of pilgrimage

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Pilgrimage Badge

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provide direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation

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Primary Source Text

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Monks and nuns; living according to rule of St. Benedict

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Regular Clergy

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a container for holy relics

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Reliquary

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a term frequently used in writings in other religions to describe an event by which a person, or people are resurrected

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Resurrection of the dead

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King of Sicily in 1130

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Roger II

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an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches

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Romanesque

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book of precepts, written by Benedict of Nursia, for monks living under the authority of an abbot

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Rule of St. Benedict

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the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain

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Santiago de Compostela

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an illustrated work by Hildegard von Bingen, describing 26 religious visions she experienced

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Scivias

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Priests; living in the world

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Secular clergy

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a form of textile art, traditionally woven on a vertical loom

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Tapestry

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"Lover of God" a generic name for an unkown munk

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Theophilus/On Divers Arts

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Normans

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Those who fight

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Monks and Nuns thought about the structures of society and used writing to record their thoughts

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Those who pray

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Pilgrims

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Those who work

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one of many devotional titles for the Mother of God

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Throne of Wisdom

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script on decorated fabric of where, when, and who made it

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Tiraz

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Cross-shaped church; two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave

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Transept

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center pillar to divide an entryway

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Trumeau

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Sculpture pediment that encloses an area

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Tympanum

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a Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy

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Rollo of Normandy

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first Norman King of England; William the Conqueror

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William of Normandy

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