Quote Originally Posted by rvg View Post
I am having a really tough time imagining the impact of 1066 on the psyche of modern England.

The English became second-class citizens in their own country, even todat 1/4 of England is owned by the descendants of William's 100 favoured retainers.

That is to say nothing of the mark left on our laws and our language, and just the general change it enacted in out culture.