Normanisation

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A form of Normanization — The process of Normanizing, especially in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest.

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nounNormanisation (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Normanization.

    Normanisation also affected the Scottish Church, leading to new monastic foundations and stronger continental links.

    2016, Jeremy Black, A History of the British Isles
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    By 1460 the name Donogh was dropped from the Ossory Line and the building of Cullahill Castle about this time by Fineen as H.Q. was actually a big move towards Normanisation.

    1977 -, Old Kilkenny Review, page 262

    Most of Wales had already been conquered by Anglo-Norman barons; Edward I had only the north-west to subdue, and in doing so he completed the final stage of the Normanisation of Wales.

    1997, Rosalind Mitchison, G. W. S. Barrow, Why Scottish History Matters, page 33
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