The preliminary history to the election of Eadward the Confessor. 3d ed., rev. 1867

Clarendon Press, 1870 - Great Britain

CHAPTER II	8

A D	9

2223	26

Fluctuations of Dominion between Northumberland Mercia and Wessex	34

800	38

His reign and character	49

Imperial Supremacy of the WestSaxon Kings of the English 924975	59

944945	62

From the Conquest of England by Swegen to the Death of Ethelred	360

VOL I	369

The War of Cnut and Eadmund 1016	378

Eadmund acknowledged in Wessex Cnuts fresh	384

EastAnglia	387

Conference of Olney and division of the Kingdom	397

CHAPTER VI	398

Character of Ælfred	399

CHAPTER III	68

Difference between Ealdormen and Kings 7576	75

The Thegns supplant the old Eorls	88

Amalgamation of Marks into Shires and of Shires	97

Right of deposing the King	105

Direct action of the Witan in all matters	112

1000	130

947954	142

CHAPTER IV	147

Division of the Empire Eastern and Western Franks	155

876911	164

932	175

936	185

Williams position between the two Danish educa	205

Lewis defeats the Danes and recovers Richard	211

Series of Synods progress and death of Lewis	217

Policy of Hugh Capet general peace between Ducal	235

Reign and character of Lewis true character of	248

Early Years of Richard the Good 996997	254

CHAPTER V	257

From the election of Ethelred to the first dispute with Normandy	264

992	277

From the first dispute with Normandy to the Massacre of Saint Brice	285

1013	314

1003	315

1005	323

1009	332

1010	343

Leofwine succeeds Eadric in Mercia	411

1019	419

1021	425

The Foreign Relations of Cnut 10181035	439

1018	460

The Reign of Harold the son of Cnut 10351040	475

1036	485

Dissatisfaction in Wessex at the absence of Hartha	493

1037	499

1040	505

Succession of the Northumbrian Earls Ealdred	519

Affairs of Northumberland and Scotland succession	521

NOTE A The use of the word English	542

NOTE I	573

922	588

W The Vassalage of Normandy	609

EE The Relations of Ethelred with Normandy	629

while	630

The Assessment of 1008	647

Wulfric Spot	656

QQ The Kingship and Death of Swegen	663

Ww The Conference of Cnut and Eadmund	688

556	696

YY The two Eadwigs	699

The Family of Leofwine of Mercia	717

FFF Wyrtgeorn King of the Wends	725

NOTE GGG The Death of Ulf	727

Title	The preliminary history to the election of Eadward the Confessor. 3d ed., rev. 1867 Volume 1 of The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results, Edward Augustus Freeman
Author	Edward Augustus Freeman
Publisher	Clarendon Press, 1870
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	Nov 2, 2007

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