Normanization

English

Alternative forms

• Normanisation

Etymology

From Normanize +‎ -ation.

Noun

Normanization (uncountable)

1. The process of Normanizing, especially in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest.
   • 1986, Robert Tarbell Oliver, The Influence of Rhetoric in the Shaping of Great Britain, page 43:

     The only effective barrier to the full Normanization of England was Earl Godwin, who lived to regret his choice of Edward for the throne.

   • 2007, Huw Pryce, John Watts, R. R. Davies, Power and Identity in the Middle Ages, page 105:

     By c. 1200, therefore, Clydesdale was predominantly a land of 'French' local lordship; it is a remarkably clear-cut case of 'Normanization'.

   • 2011, David Allan, The History of Scotland, page 1282:

     Yet despite the ways in which Normanization also entailed anglicization, David was also determined to maintain the traditional independence of the Scottish Church.