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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 3227057, member: 74712&quot;]I suspect the person in question might be Thomas Brown?&nbsp; He was an Englishman who worked for the Normans in Southern Italy and returned to England, but I do not know for certain where he originated (or under which king he served - HII or RI).&nbsp; I hadn’t heard of the Islamic influence theory, but sounds a little silly to me.&nbsp; The Germans, (and I believe also the Anglo-Saxons, but not sure off the top of my head) already had a jury system which was necessary in an early illiterate society.</p><p><br /></p><p>Islamic influence on money is without a doubt - the gold penny of Offa’s with Islamic inscription (which I think is currently in display at the BL exhibit on Anglo-Saxon England) is evidence of this, but this is nothing to do with the Normans.&nbsp; They adopted the system they found in England then adapted it to suite their needs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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