Практикум по английскому языку (по истории Англии Средних веков). Пилипенко В.А - 16 стр.

                    ASSIGNMENT TO TEXT III

I. Check the meaning of the words in your dictionary after reading
text III:
     crown, division, essential, sole, completion, establish, delegation
of power, nobility.

II. Translate these words from Russian into English:
     ïîñëåäñòâèÿ, âçèìàòü ïîøëèíû, òðåáîâàòü ïîâèííîñòåé, íà-
äåëÿòü çåìëåé, äðóæèííèê, âëàäåëåö, ïîëíàÿ êîíôèñêàöèÿ çåì-
ëè, ïåðåäà÷à âëàñòè.

III. State if the statements are true or false:
     1. We say that feudalism was established in Great Britain.
     2. The owners of the land were Englishmen.
     3. Tenants-in-chief had no land.
     4. Tenants-in-chief had to pay some customary dues.
     5. Land granted some rights: a right to levy taxes, to exact services.
     6. The king granted land on his own terms.

IV. Read the text using the words on the right in the correct form.

                           Norman Conquest


        After the death of King Canute, the
 struggle between the Anglo-Saxon earls for the
 supreme power ___ again. The Northmen who                 begin
 ______ in Normandy 150 years before                       settle
 ___(not) their chance. In the year 1066, the               miss
 Norman Duke William ____ the Channel and                  cross
 conquered the English in the great battle ___             fight
 at Hastings. Within five years William the
 Conqueror ______ complete master of the                     be
 whole of England. The lands of most of the
 Anglo-Saxon aristocracy were given to the
 Norman barons.




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