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 CHAPTER VIII.

THE NORMAN PERIOD.—1087 TO 1154.

DEATH OF WILLIAM RUFUS.

1. The Normans were a cleverer people than the English, and lived in a superior manner. They were better acquainted with the arts of agriculture and architecture, and they knew a great deal more about useful gardening; for all the convents in Normandy had good gardens, planted with vegetables and herbs; and the