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Norman Conquest

Conquest \Con"quest\, n. [OF. conquest, conqueste, F. conqu[^e]te, LL. conquistum, conquista, prop. p. p. from L. conquirere. See Conquer.]

  1. The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.

    In joys of conquest he resigns his breath.
    --Addison.

    Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
    --Prescott.

  2. That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.

    Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
    --Shak.

  3. (Feudal Law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
    --Blackstone.

  4. The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.

    The Conquest (Eng. Hist.), the subjugation of England by William of Normandy in 1066. The Norman Conquest.

    Syn: Victory; triumph; mastery; reduction; subjugation; subjection.

Wikipedia
Norman Conquest (footballer)

Norman "Norm" Conquest (1916–1968) was an Australian football player who played as a goalkeeper.

Norman conquest (disambiguation)

Norman conquest or Norman invasion may refer to:

Invasions by Normans:
  • Norman conquest of southern Italy, 999 to 1139
  • Byzantine–Norman wars, c. 1050 to 1185
  • Norman conquest of England between 1066 and 1071.
  • Norman invasion of Wales, 1060s to 1163
  • Norman invasion of Ireland, 1169 to 1203
Invasions of Normandy:
  • Scandinavian invasions of Normandy, 9th century
  • Invasion of Normandy, 1944 in World War II
Humanities:
  • The Norman Conquests, 1973 trilogy of plays by Alan Ayckbourn
  • Harold or the Norman Conquest, 1895 opera by Frederic H. Cowen and Edward Malet
  • Norman Conquest, a mystery novel series by Edwy Searles Brooks
  • Norman Conquest (film) a 1953 film based on the series released as Park Plaza 605
People:
  • Norman Conquest (footballer) (b. 1916-1968), Australian soccer goalkeeper

Usage examples of "norman conquest".

Yet this misunderstanding was the root cause of the Norman conquest, and it is only too easy to see how it may have happened.

During the Norman Conquest, women and children had hidden in the church, and the Normans had set a torch to the roof and burned the building with all of its occupants.

As late as Bracton, two centuries after the Norman conquest, the heir was not the successor to lands alone, but represented his ancestor in a much more general sense, as will be seen directly.

For example, his Gallophobia (itself almost inexplicable) made him angry not only about what he considered to be the pernicious influence of French cooking in England but about the Norman Conquest itself, which pained him as much as if it had happened in his lifetime.

Jokes from childhood about Superman, jokes from adolescence about the Norman Conquest, jokes from the jungle about the Norman Delnvasion.

The house stands, or, rather, used to stand here when Mercia was a kingdom--I do not suppose that the basement can be later than the Norman Conquest.