William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon EnglandIn William the Conqueror, 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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abbey abbot Anglo-Norman Anjou archbishop of Rouen aristocracy Arques Atheling Avranches battle Bayeux Tapestry Bellême Bessin bishop of Bayeux Brittany Caen campaign castle charter Chron church comté connexion Conqueror's reign council count court Coutances death Domesday Book Domfront ducal duchy duke of Normandy Duke Richard Duke Robert Duke William duke's dynasty earl early ecclesiastical Edward the Confessor eleventh century English established Évreux fact Fécamp feudal Flanders France French king Geoffrey Gesta Regum Harold Hastings Hist Hugh Ibid important Jumièges King Henry king's kingdom knights lands Lanfranc later Lisieux lord magnates Malms Matilda monasteries monastic monk moreover Norman conquest Norman duke Normandy and England notable Ordericus perhaps Poit political possessed province Ralph Roger royal Saint Saint-Wandrille secular shire Stenton survived Tosny vicomte whilst William fitz Osbern William of Jumièges William of Poitiers William the Conqueror