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<blockquote data-quote="McTallshort" data-source="post: 1111912" data-attributes="member: 53362"><p>Well they built a lot of castles but kind of destroyed Anglo Saxon culture in the process. Much of the reason England has St George os it patron saint is because he was seen as a Knightly military saint very much Norman in his make up while St Cuthbert who was actually an Anglo Saxon was relegated.</p><p></p><p>This also followed a period of about 500 years where the Normans would drag English and Welshmen on crusades and wars with their French relatives over succession of the various french thrones. They also all spoke French until after the war of the Roses when it became apparent that the French didn't want them anymore.</p><p></p><p>Also 3/5 of all mainland Britain is still owned by the descendants of the Norman conquest.</p><p></p><p>So in terms of culture we got our colonial tendancies and our love for building big imposing stuff plus an inferiority complex with the French that would led to having one with the rest of Europe.</p><p></p><p>I don't think about this much....<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="McTallshort, post: 1111912, member: 53362"] Well they built a lot of castles but kind of destroyed Anglo Saxon culture in the process. Much of the reason England has St George os it patron saint is because he was seen as a Knightly military saint very much Norman in his make up while St Cuthbert who was actually an Anglo Saxon was relegated. This also followed a period of about 500 years where the Normans would drag English and Welshmen on crusades and wars with their French relatives over succession of the various french thrones. They also all spoke French until after the war of the Roses when it became apparent that the French didn't want them anymore. Also 3/5 of all mainland Britain is still owned by the descendants of the Norman conquest. So in terms of culture we got our colonial tendancies and our love for building big imposing stuff plus an inferiority complex with the French that would led to having one with the rest of Europe. I don't think about this much....🤣 [/QUOTE]
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