Douglas, David C.
William the Conquerer : The Norman Impact Upon England / David C. Douglas - Berkley, CA University of California Press 1964 - xii, 476 p.
Part I. Birth and inheritance --
Accession and minority (1035-1047) --
The war for survival (1047-1060) --
Part II. The Duke and the new aristocracy --
The ecclesiastical revival --
The rule of Duke William --
Part III. Normandy and England (1035-1065) --
The conquest of England (January 1066-March 1067) --
The defence of the Anglo-Norman Kingdom (March 1067-November 1085) --
Part IV. Willelmus Rex --
The feudal polity --
The royal administration --
The king in the church --
The end of the reign (Christmas 1085-9 September 1087).
This book analyzes the causes and the true character if the Norman impact upon England in the eleventh century. The work is both a study of Anglo-Norman history and a biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular, and as reviewers have remarked, it is distinguished by a wealth of scholarship linked to a lucid and agreeable style.; Both a study of Anglo-Norman history based upon long and detailed research and also the biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular. No medieval King is more famous than William the Conqueror, and no event in the whole of English history has been more debated than the Norman conquest.
31099
William I, King of England 1027 or 1028-1087
Conquerors--Great Britain
Normans --Great Britain
Kings and rulers --Great Britain
--History--To 1515
942.021 Dou 15
William the Conquerer : The Norman Impact Upon England / David C. Douglas - Berkley, CA University of California Press 1964 - xii, 476 p.
Part I. Birth and inheritance --
Accession and minority (1035-1047) --
The war for survival (1047-1060) --
Part II. The Duke and the new aristocracy --
The ecclesiastical revival --
The rule of Duke William --
Part III. Normandy and England (1035-1065) --
The conquest of England (January 1066-March 1067) --
The defence of the Anglo-Norman Kingdom (March 1067-November 1085) --
Part IV. Willelmus Rex --
The feudal polity --
The royal administration --
The king in the church --
The end of the reign (Christmas 1085-9 September 1087).
This book analyzes the causes and the true character if the Norman impact upon England in the eleventh century. The work is both a study of Anglo-Norman history and a biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular, and as reviewers have remarked, it is distinguished by a wealth of scholarship linked to a lucid and agreeable style.; Both a study of Anglo-Norman history based upon long and detailed research and also the biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular. No medieval King is more famous than William the Conqueror, and no event in the whole of English history has been more debated than the Norman conquest.
31099
William I, King of England 1027 or 1028-1087
Conquerors--Great Britain
Normans --Great Britain
Kings and rulers --Great Britain
--History--To 1515
942.021 Dou 15