| Description |
xii, 476 pages : genealogical tables, maps, portrait ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| 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) |
| Summary |
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 |
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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 |
| Analysis |
Conquerors Biography Great Britain |
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Great Britain History William I, 1066-1087 |
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Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography |
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Normandy (France) History To 1515 |
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Normans Biography Great Britain |
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Normans England |
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William I, King of England |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 427-447 |
| Subject |
William I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087.
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William, King of England I, 1027 or 1028-1087
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William, King of England I, 1027 or 8-1087
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Conquerors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Normans -- England -- History.
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Normans -- England.
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Normans -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056738
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Great Britain -- History -- William I, 1066-1087.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056737
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056863
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Normandy (France) -- History -- To 1515.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092426
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
64005124 |
| ISBN |
0416299806 (University Paperback, 1969 London : Methven) |
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