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	William I of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He landed at Pevensey in Sussex on September 28, 1066 and assembled a prefabricated wooden castle near Hastings as a base.
		The remaining Anglo-Saxon noblemen surrendered to William at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire and he was acclaimed King of England there.
		He also ordered many castles, keeps, and mottes, among them the Tower of London, to be built across England to ensure that the rebellions by the English people or his own followers would not succeed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_I_of_England (1435 words)

	History of the Jews in England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Jews of York were alarmed by the preceding Massacres and by the setting on fire of several of their houses by the anti-Jewish rioting in the wake of religious fervor during crusaders' preparations for the Third Crusade aganist the Saracens, led by Richard.
		However, the Tower was besieged by the mob of crusaders, demanding that the Jews convert to Christianity and be baptized.
		Trapped in the castle, the Jews were advised by their religious leader, Rabbi Yomtob of Joigney, to kill themselves rather than convert; Josce began the self-immolation by slaying his wife Anna and his two children, and then was killed by Yomtob.
	history-of-the-jews-in-england.iqnaut.net (3762 words)

	Berkshire - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Besides the royal castle of Windsor, fine county seats are especially numerous.
		The cinerary urns found in Berkshire undoubtedly contain the ashes of the Anglians who came south under Penda in the 7th century.
		The fortification called Cherbury Castle, not far from Denchworth, is said to have been first made up by Canute.
	www.1911ency.org /B/BE/BERKSHIRE.htm (1995 words)

	History of the Jews in England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alarmed by the preceding massacres and by the setting on fire of several of their houses by the mob of crusaders preparing to follow the king, the Jews of York with their leader Josce asked the warden of the king's castle at York to receive them with their wives and children.
		In the castle, the Jews had no hopes of escaping death by hunger except by forced conversion to Christianity.
		Their religious leader, Rabbi Yom Tov of Joigny, exhorted them to slay themselves rather than adopt either alternative, and the president, Josce, began the self-immolation by slaying his wife Anna and his two children.
	history-of-the-jews-in-england.kiwiki.homeip.net (3756 words)

	BERKHAMPSTEAD (GREAT B... - Online Information article about BERKHAMPSTEAD (GREAT B... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The name of the town is Great Berkhampstead (or Berkhamsted), in distinction from Little Berkhampstead near See also:
		TOLL (etymologically, that which is numbered or counted; from a common Teutonic form, cf.
		rose to importance with its castle, which is said to have been built by See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BEC_BER/BERKHAMPSTEAD_GREAT_BERFHANPSTE.html (590 words)

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		The remaining Saxon noblemen surrendered to William at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire and he was acclaimed King of England there.
		In 1085, in order to ascertain the extent of his new dominionans and maximize taxation, William commissioned the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey of England's productive capacity similar to a modern census.
		He also ordered many castles, keeps, and mots, among them the Tower of London, to be built across England to ensure that the rebellions by the English people or his own followers would not succeed.
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/William_I_of_England (1303 words)

	March 15: Didn't Leo see problems with the indulgence?
		They solicited the opinion to a middle aged monk named Martin Luther.
		Instead, as had many a man before him, he posted theses for debate on the door of Wittenberg castle church where a large crowd was expected.
		From those ninety-five theses the Reformation was born when Leo refused to see a problem with the disgraceful sales.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2001/03/daily-03-15-2001.shtml (676 words)

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