When William the Conqueror became king of England, French took over as the language of the court, administration, and culture - and stayed there for 300 years.

自征服者威廉成为英格兰国王后，法语就成为了法庭、行政和文化教育领域使用的语言，而法语的统治也长达300年。

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The Abbey was founded by a Norman monk who came over with William the Conqueror in 1066 and became a bishop.

这个修道院是由一个诺曼教士建立起来的。他跟随征服者威廉于1066年一同到来，并且成为了一个主教。

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The Domesday Book was a census, land and property survey carried out in England in 1086 for William the Conqueror.

《末日审判书》是英格兰人口、土地和财产的调查报告，于1086年完成。

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William the Conqueror led it. The Normans were a French-speaking people from Normandy in the north of France.

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But who knows what the world would look like today if our hero had become known as William the Whiner instead of William the Conqueror?

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The British royal family can be traced back 900 years to William the Conqueror, although the succession has passed through a number of families to the house of Windsor.

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