William the Conqueror : the Norman impact upon England /
David C. Douglas.
- Berkeley ; Los Angeles : University of California Press, 1964.
- xii, 476 p. : ill., maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm.
With hardcover
Index: pp. 457-476
Cont.: 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.
William I King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087
Great Britain--History--William I, 1066-1087 Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography