William the Conqueror

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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. CONTENTS FOREWORD TO THE YALE EDITION PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS PROLOGUE Part I. THE YOUNG DUKE 1. Birth and Inheritance 2. Accession and Minority (1035-1047) 3. The War for Survival (1047-1060) Part II. THE DUKE IN HIS DUCHY 4. The Duke and the New Aristocracy 5. The Ecclesiastical Revival 6. The Rule of Duke William Part III. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ANGLO-NORMAN KINGDOM 7. Normandy and England (1035-1065) 8. The Conquest of England (January 1066-March 1067) 9. The Defence of the Anglo-Norman Kingdom (March 1067- November 1085) Part IV. THE KING IN HIS KINGDOM 10. WILLELMUS REX 11. THE FEUDAL POLITY 12. THE ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 13. The King in the Church 14. The End of the Reign (Christmas 1085-9 September 1087) EPILOGUE APPENDICES APPENDIX A. The birth of William the Conqueror, and the connexions of Herleve APPENDIX B. The chronology of Duke William’s campaigns between 1047 and I054 APPENDIX C. The marriage of William and Matilda APPENDIX D. The sequence of events in 1066 APPENDIX E. The chronology of King William’s campaigns between 1073 and 1081 APPENDIX F. On poisoning as a method of political action in eleventh-century Normandy SELECT CHART PEDIGREES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY SCHEDULE OF SELECTED DATES INDEX