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Could expressed Past tense and appeared in ME in 2 variants: couth(e) & coud(e). Couth became obsolete in NE, but could was preserved. This modal verb is common to indicate physical and mental ability in the past, its original meaning “to know”. Late 14 century- armed expedition from Old French ” armee”, which means armed troop. Originally used of expeditions on sea or land.

-Explain the possessive case of the noun from a historical point of view.

William the Conqueror’s coronation did not go as planned. When the people shouted “God Save the King” the nervous Norman guards at Westminster Abbey thought they were going to attack William.

In their fear set they fire to nearby houses and the coronation ceremony ended in disorder.

Although William was now crowned king, his conquest had only just begun, and the fighting lasted for another five years. There was an Anglo-Saxon rebellion against the Normans every year until 1070. The small Norman army marched from village to village, destroying places it could not control, and building forts to guard others. It was a true army of occupation for at least twenty years. The north was particularly hard to control, and the Norman army had no mercy. When the Saxons fought back, the Normans burnt, destroyed and killed. Between Durham and York not a single house was left standing, and it took a century for the north to recover

History

HISTORY OF OUR LUXURY VICTORIAN HOTEL

The Milestone Hotel and Apartments takes its name from the old cast iron milestone that stands in its original position beside the hotel. Previous residents of the properties that have stood on this site include a mistress of James II, a man who believed himself to be Shakespeare's grandson, and an aristocratic governess to the daughters of George II.

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