I have a question prompted by the excellent Harry Potter and the Era of Hogwarts: has anybody ever managed a satisfactory explanation of what was going on with Wizarding Britain during/after the Norman Invasion? It seems like, if there were wizards around, having the whole country taken over (by the French, no less) would have prompted some kind of activity. Was there a contemporaneous triumph by Continental wizardkind or something?

 

i would reckon that most of the current pureblooded families come from the continent originally, look at the malfoys, obivously french.

And the way most folk portray purebloods to be is reminiscent of the 16-18th century french noble courts.

I would guess that brittish wizarding society wasn't well organised at that time, Hogwarts may not even have been set up at that point. It is possible that it was just a loose collection of Masters and their groups of apprentices, with the Masters meeting every so often to decide important matters. That could be where the idea of the wizengamot came from.

just my 2 shillings worth

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