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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | William, King of England; König I ) Wilhelm (England |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Charles Douglas |
| ISBN: | 0520003489 9780520003484 0520003500 9780520003507 |
| OCLC Number: | 399137 |
| Description: | xii, 476 p. : ill., maps, geneal. table ; 21 cm. |
| 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). |
| Responsibility: | David C. Douglas. |
Abstract:
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.
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- William -- I, -- King of England, -- 1027 or 1028-1087.
- Great Britain -- History -- William I, 1066-1087.
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
- Normandy (France) -- History -- To 1515.
- Conquerors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
- Normans -- Great Britain -- Biography.
- Normans -- England.
- Normandos en Inglaterra.
- Normandia -- Historia -- Período medieval.
- Normandiërs.
- Culturele invloeden.
- Middeleeuwen.
- Wilhelm (England, König, I.)
- England.
- Conquerors -- Biography -- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- History -- William I, 1066-1087
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
- Normandy (France) -- History -- To 1515
- Normans -- Biography -- Great Britain
- Normans -- England
- William I, King of England
