William the Conqueror

David C. Douglas

Published by Yale University Press 1999

William the Conqueror

David C. Douglas

In the series The English Monarchs Series

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300185546

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In "William the Conquerer, " Professor Douglas analyzes the causes and the true character of 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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
FOREWORD TO THE YALE EDITION Frank Barlow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
ABBREVIATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
PROLOGUE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Part I. THE YOUNG DUKE
1. Birth and Inheritance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. Accession and Minority (1035-1047) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3. The War for Survival (1047-1060) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Part II. THE DUKE IN HIS DUCHY
4. The Duke and the New Aristocracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5. The Ecclesiastical Revival Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
6. The Rule of Duke William Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Part III. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ANGLO-NORMAN KINGDOM
7. Normandy and England (1035-1065) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
8. The Conquest of England (January 1066-March 1067) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
9. The Defence of the Anglo-Norman Kingdom (March 1067- November 1085) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Part IV. THE KING IN HIS KINGDOM
10. WILLELMUS REX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
11. THE FEUDAL POLITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
12. THE ROYAL ADMINISTRATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
13. The King in the Church Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
14. The End of the Reign (Christmas 1085-9 September 1087) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	346
EPILOGUE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A. The birth of William the Conqueror, and the connexions of Herleve Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
APPENDIX B. The chronology of Duke William’s campaigns between 1047 and I054 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
APPENDIX C. The marriage of William and Matilda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
APPENDIX D. The sequence of events in 1066 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	396
APPENDIX E. The chronology of King William’s campaigns between 1073 and 1081 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
APPENDIX F. On poisoning as a method of political action in eleventh-century Normandy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	408
SELECT CHART PEDIGREES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
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INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 352

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Published: December 17, 2018
ISBN: 9780300185546