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Tapestry of Bayeux. |
To end the Norman raids and pillaging , King of France gave them this land in year 1000. Duke of Normandy, Guillaume the Conqueror invaded England and beated the Saxons at Hastings in 1066 (tapestry of Bayeux). This events will overthrow France and England histories, the Anglo-Norman dynasty conserving its possessions in France. But it is another great king of England whose remembering remains here, Richard the Lionhearted (Gaillard castle), near Les Andelys. In Rouen, Jeanne d'Arc died on the woodshed. |
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