Duke William of Normandy

When Duke William of Normandy had taken over the english he had different ways of ruling over england that the english had never heard of. For example William had made a book called the Doomsday Book, in that book he wrote down what everyone owned and combined everything in a book. He used this book to put taxes and since everyone told him what they had owned there were no hiding places because he knew everything. Also William killed lots of people and burned down houses and villages! he did this to show how powerful he was and so that everyone would respect him. William did not only scare the english but tormented them, for the english what William did was terrible but if you think of england now it was actually pretty good.