Talk:Norman yoke

I have deleted this sentence: "Sometimes the doctrine was linked to the concept of the English being a chosen people destined to restore Christianity with a new covenant." It should be reinstated if a 17th century connection between these two concepts can actually be found and quoted. Wetman 19:51, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Very interesting. I've come across an Englishman referring to England as the 'yoke' in Ireland in c. 1583 so I'd be surprised if the Normans were not referred to as the 'yoke' before the 17th century.193.203.136.185 (talk) 18:10, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey I wrote the paragraph starting "Even before..." I can't figure out how to cite my paragraph. I got my information from pages 57-60 in a book titled "Puritanism and Revolution" by Christopher Hill. It was published by Schocken Books in New York in 1958. Could someone cite this for me? Sorry, I am doing this for a school project but I am not too familiar with Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DCBSL41 (talk • contribs) 01:02, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

"The arguments were also taken up in a more radical way by the likes of Francis Trigge, John Hare, John Lilburne, John Warr and Gerrard Winstanley of the radical Diggers even calling for an end to primogeniture and for the cultivation of the soil in common."

I think there's clear water between what the Levellers (e.g. Lilburne) believed and what the Diggers (e.g. Winstanley) believed when it came to property rights. See the second paragraph of for an instance of this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.90.96.196 (talk) 16:52, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

"The allegedly oppressive aspects of feudalism in England" ...Allegedly? Did a Norman write this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.149.16.180 (talk) 04:14, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Norman and BABYLONIAN yoke
The byword “Babylonian” needs to blued/highlighted. 2A00:23C7:2B13:9001:D08C:4A38:6A85:8EE6 (talk) 10:50, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

J. R. R. Tolkien
I added a line in "Revival of interest" about the concept of the Norman Yoke in relation to JRR Tolkien and his hobbits as an idyllic agrarian pre-norman society. I have to assume that as someone who taught Anglo-saxon studies and who's writing had such obvious parallels to the theory he probably would have made direct reference to it at some point but I couldn't find any direct references in my searching :( so I kept the language vague on purpose and only referenced people discussing Tolkien and theory tangentially. If someone wants to dig around for any more direct writing/thoughts from Tolkien on this topic please be my guest!! Zappymaxine (talk) 08:12, 2 February 2024 (UTC)