单词 | norman yoke |
释义 | > as lemmasNorman yoke Norman yoke n. the feudal system in England under the rule of William the Conqueror and his successors, depicted as harsh and oppressive in comparison to Anglo-Saxon England; cf. yoke n. 11. ΚΠ 1604 S. Harrison Arch's of Triumph sig. C.v Beneath the Britane stroke, The Roman, Saxon, Dane, and Norman yoke. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ix. 139 [To] make vs Britains beare Th'vnwieldy Norman yoke. 1711 P. Abercromby Martial Atchievem. Scots Nation I. ii. ii. 357 Others went into Denmark, and some into Norway, pursuing any Methods to avoid the Norman Yoke. 1846 G. Spence Equitable Jurisdict. Court of Chancery I. ii. i. 92 The repeated attempts of the natives to throw off the Norman yoke, led to extreme acts of severity on the part of the Conqueror..towards the native Thanes and landowners of all ranks. 1935 Catholic Hist. Rev. 1 Jan. 181 The northern province..had always been restless under the Norman yoke. 2000 R. Mitchell Picturing Past v. 126 ‘Conservative radical’ writers, bemoaning the passing of a golden age of liberty and lamenting present sufferings under ‘the Norman yoke’. < as lemmas |
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