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.

Yale English Monarchs - William the Conqueror (The English Monarchs Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Douglas, David C.

Leaders & Notable People

Yale University Press

English Historical Documents is the most ambitious, impressive and comprehensive collection of documents on English history ever published. An authoritative work of primary evidence, each volume presents material with exemplary scholarly accuracy. Editorial comment is directed towards making sources intelligible rather than drawing conclusions from them. Full account has been taken of modern textual criticism. A general introduction to each volume portrays the character of the period under review and critical bibliographies have been added to assist further investigation. Documents collected include treaties, personal letters, statutes, military dispatches, diaries, declarations, newspaper articles, government and cabinet proceedings, orders, acts, sermons, pamphlets, agricultural instructions, charters, grants, guild regulations and voting records. Volumes are furnished with lavish extra apparatus including genealogical tables, lists of officials, chronologies, diagrams, graphs and maps.

English Historical Documents, Vol. 4, 1327-1485

Myers, A. R.

Eyre & Spottiswoode

William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England (English Monarchs)

Methuen Publishing, Ltd.

Here, in a detailed analysis of the formative period of Norman influence from 1100 to 1154, the author lays bare the causes and consequences of the Norman impact upon Europe, and foundation and growth of the Norman states of Sicily and Syria as well as England, and the reasons for their developing power.

THE NORMAN FATE 1100-1154

University of California Press

In 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.

William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England (English Monarchs Series) (Volume 1)

History

Europe

abbreviations, preface, I. The Background to Achievement; II. Who were the Normans; III. Norman Conquests, 1050-1100; IV. Comparisons and Contrasts; V. The Holy War; VI. The Norman World; VII. The Politics of Christendom; VIII. East and West; IX. Secular Dominion; X. Scholars and Artists; epilogue, maps, select genealogies, schedule of selected dates, contemporary rulers, select bibliography, ndex with b&amp;w illustrations. First Edition, 1969. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. ``The author compares Norman attitudes to the Church, to the cultures they found and their influence in moulding a composite Norman civilization, and further illustrates the extraordinary connections between the men who took part; who might at any time be at work in Normand or England or Antioch." from the jacket flap.

The Norman achievement, 1050-1100

Bound in black cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. The dust jacket is price clipped and has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities.

The Norman Fate: 1100-1154

World

Univ. Of California Pr.

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