Norman

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Arundel Castle, West Sussex

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Pickering Castle, North Yorkshire

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Abergavenny Castle, Monmouthshire

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The Norman Conquest

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St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh

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St Davids Cathedral and Bishops’ Palace, Pembrokeshire

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Whithorn Priory, Dumfries and Galloway

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Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire

A statue of the English queen Matilda in Luxembourg Garden, Paris. (Photo by Waring Abbott/Getty Images)

Matilda: William the Conqueror’s queen

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Queen Matilda

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William the Conqueror: The Bastard of Normandy

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St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury

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Westminster Abbey, London

Big cats

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The Normans had a profound influence on Britain. Why then do we not speak French?