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William the Conqueror : the Norman impact upon England.
- Title
- William the Conqueror : the Norman impact upon England.
- Author
- Douglas, David C. (David Charles), 1898-1982
- Publication
- London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964.
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- Description
- 476 p. : geneal. tables, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 427-447.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 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).
- OCLC
- 2095240
- SCSB-9929120
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library