Pre-conquest
adjective
1.
of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
pre-Conquest
[pree-kon-kwest, -kong-] /priˈkɒn kwɛst, -ˈkɒŋ-/
1.
of or relating to the time before the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
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