After Hookton is sacked, Thomas follows the Normans (and the lance) back to France.

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It has been affected by Africa, very strongly by the Arab world, the Normans, the Romans and the Greeks.

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The Vikings, when not pillaging, founded Ireland's first towns, three of which (Dublin, Waterford and Limerick) were cities by the time the Normans arrived.

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This practice seems to have been brought to England by the Normans, and remained part of English law for centuries, although in practice it was gradually replaced by the slower but slightly less violent jury system.

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