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How useful are sources E, F and G in helping you to understand why the Normans took control of the land in England? Source E is taken from the Royal Confiscation of Saxon Land. It is a primary source because it is written in 1068, which was at the time of the event. It is Norman propaganda and is used to justify why the Normans took control of peoples land. Therefore, it is biased. The source says, “…that Abbot Baldwin hand to me all the land which those men who belonged to St Edmund’s abbey who stood against me in battle and where there slain.” This is saying that William is going to seize all the land that the people owned who died fighting against him. The Normans conquered them and killed them, so therefore they have taken control of all their possessions. The source then says, “And I will that those men be now the abbot’s men, who were previously held by his predecessor, even as their predecessors were.” This is saying that the Normans are going to take control of all the land owned by the Abbot’s men, even if they were not killed. William is going to seize the land from all the people that opposed him because they no longer have power; he conquered them as a whole. “And I will not allow anyone to tak