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                         INGLAND UNDER FOREIGN KINGS
    The Danes returned again and  again  to  attack  England.  The  English
people had to pay tribute. But the Danes wanted to  rule  over  the  country
and after many battles took the crown from the English.  They  held  it  for
twenty-four years. Three Danish kings,  one  after  the  other,  ruled  over
England. One of these kings - Canute was at the same time king  of  England,
Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The rule of Danish kings over  England  came  to
an end soon after Canute's death in 1035.
    Now the Normans began to attack the coasts  of  England  from  Normandy
(France). In  1066  the  Normans  won  the  victory  and  William,  Duke  of
Normandy, was crowned king of England and called William the Conqueror.
    The invaders burnt houses and killed people. The land  was  taken  from
the English and given to the Normans. The invaders spoke French, and it  was
the language of the upper  classes  and  the  government.  English  was  the
language of the lower classes.


to. role—управлять
the Normans — норманны
a crown—корона
Canute—Канут
Norway—Норвегия
Sweden—Швеция
death — смерть
a  duke—герцог
to crown—короновать
a conqueror— завоеватель
to    burn (burnt;     burnt) —жечь
to kill — убивать
upper classes—аристократия

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