A short history of the Norman Conquest of England

by Edward A. Freeman

Transcriber’s Note

Transcriber added the title and author to the original cover, and placed the result into the Public Domain.

A SHORT HISTORY
OF THE
NORMAN CONQUEST
OF
ENGLAND

BY
EDWARD A. FREEMAN, D.C.L., LL.D.

Late Regius Professor of Modern History in the
University of Oxford

Third Edition

OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1908

HENRY FROWDE, M.A.
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON, EDINBURGH
NEW YORK AND TORONTO

CONTENTS.

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	INTRODUCTION	[1]
II.	THE ENGLISH AND THE NORMANS	[6]
III.	THE EARLY DEALINGS BETWEEN ENGLISH AND NORMANS	[16]
IV.	THE YOUTH OF DUKE WILLIAM	[30]
V.	HAROLD EARL AND KING	[39]
VI.	THE TWO HAROLDS	[55]
VII.	THE COMING OF DUKE WILLIAM	[64]
VIII.	THE GREAT BATTLE	[76]
IX.	HOW DUKE WILLIAM BECAME KING	[86]
X.	HOW KING WILLIAM WON THE WHOLE KINGDOM	[93]
XI.	KING WILLIAM’S LATER WARS	[108]
XII.	HOW KING WILLIAM RULED THE LAND	[118]
XIII.	THE TWO WILLIAMS	[128]
XIV.	THE RESULTS OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST	[134]
XV.	THE LATER HISTORY	[148]