LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Norman England
built 224 days ago
Work on THE iDol began in spring of 2002 when director Norman England devised the film’s story while riding a crowded Tokyo subway on the way home from Toho Studios. Over the next two years he composed the script, eventually enlisting the talents of notable Japanese scriptwriters Takashi Yamazaki, award winning director / writer of ALWAYS: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET and Jiro Kaneko, frequent writer on the Ultraman TV series. With the script complete in 2004, England began raising funds, seeking sponsors, and organizing a team of professionals.
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In Normandy they adopted the growing feudal doctrines of the rest of northern France, and worked them, both in Normandy and in England, into a functional hierarchical system. The Norman warrior class was new and different from the old French aristocracy, many of whom could trace their families back to Carolingian times, while the Normans could seldom cite ancestors before the beginning of the 11th century. Most knights remained poor and land-hungry; by 1066, Normandy had been exporting fighting horsemen for more than a generation. Knighthood before the time of the Crusades held little social status, and simply indicated that a man was a professional warrior and wealthy enough to own a war horse. Many Normans of France and Britain would eventually serve as avid Crusaders.
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Distance, it seems, anything beyond fifty miles of London, promoted ambition, greed, autonomy and power plays amongst the Anglo/ Norman barons, particularly in northern England, Ireland and Wales. Remember... at the same time, in the background, John's forceful and annoying movement into France, and his clever generalship which was ever threatening to the French King. The reinstated northern Barons arose again in 1215, still under the same leadership.Fitzwalter had returned, he and Vesci were now supported by King Alexander of Scotland.
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[B]y the time of the invasion of England, most "Normans" were derived from the indigenous populations of eastern Brittany and western Flanders, but their lords retained a memory of their own Viking origins. They began to occupy the northern area of France now known as Normandy in the latter half of the 9th century. In 911, Charles the Simple, king of France, granted the invaders the small lower Seine area, which expanded over time to become the Duchy of Normandy. The invaders were under the leadership of Rollo, who swore allegiance to Charles the Simple.
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This world-famous historically accurate reconstructed castle enables the visitor to travel back in time to 1066 Norman England. Explore the Castle and roam through the Norman Village hidden behind the castle walls, wander in and out of the many houses and view the scenes, smell the log fires burning and experience the ambience of an ancient bygone lifestyle - a living history, hands-on and interactive experience. Mingle with the animals that roam freely throughout the castle grounds and listen out for the echoes of long-forgotten voices..............
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