TABLE OF CONTENTS

DATE Page
.The Character of the Saxons and Normans contrasted[1]
1069.The Harrying of the North[3]
1070.The Resistance in the Fens[5]
1070.The Depression of the English[7]
.Norman Measures after the Conquest, and the Fusion of the Races[8]
.The Statutes of William the Conqueror[11]
.The Ordeal of the Glowing Iron[12]
.Ordinance of William I., separating the Spiritual and Temporal Courts[13]
1072.The Vindication of a Saxon Saint[14]
1072.Ordinance of the Council touching the Dispute between Canterbury and York as to the Primacy[15]
1074.The Revival of Monasticism[17]
1074.The Conspiracy of the Earls[18]
c. 1080.The Crown and the Papacy: the Conqueror’s Letter to Hildebrand[20]
1083.Norman Abbots and Saxon Monks[21]
1085.The Nature of Domesday Book[22]
1085.The Domesday Commission[23]
1085.The Form of the Domesday Inquest[24]
.The Domesday Description of Shrewsbury[24]
1086.The Salisbury Oath of Fealty[26]
.Homage and Fealty[26]
1087.The Endowment of Battle Abbey[27]
.Character of William the Conqueror and of His Reign[30]
.Forests and the Royal Love of Hunting[33]
.The Training and Temperament of William Rufus[34]
1088.The Rebellion of Bishop Odo[36]
1088.Royal Procedure against a Bishop[39]
1093.The Illness of William Rufus, and the Appointment of Anselm as Archbishop of Canterbury[44]
1093–94.The Quarrel of William Rufus and Anselm[48]
1095.The First Crusade[52]
1097.The Pawning of Normandy[54]
1098.The Jews under William Rufus[54]
1100.The Death of William Rufus[56]
.The Character of the Reign of William Rufus[57]
.The Foundation of the Cistercian Order by Stephen Harding[58]
.Fashions at the Courts of William Rufus and Henry I.[61]
1101.The Charter of Henry I.[61]
1100.Henry I.’s Apology to Anselm for being Crowned in the Latter’s Absence[64]
1100–1107.The Investiture Controversy[65]
1105.Oppressive Taxation under Henry I.[71]
1106.The Battle of Tenchebrai[73]
1107.Consolidation of the Power of Henry I.[73]
.Charter of Liberties to the City of London[74]
1108.Social Evils and Drastic Punishments[76]
1120.The Shipwreck of William, son of Henry I.[77]
.A Norman Prelate[79]
.The Organisation of the Exchequer[81]
.The Development of Exchequer Procedure in Relation to Royal Revenue[82]
1126.The Oath of the Barons to Support the Succession of Matilda the Empress[85]
1123.The Disputed Election of an Archbishop of Canterbury[86]
.The Death and Character of Henry I.[88]
1135.The Accession of Stephen[89]
1135.The Perjury of the Barons[92]
1136.The Coronation Oath of King Stephen[92]
.Feudal Anarchy[94]
1136.Wales and the Welsh[96]
1138.The Battle of the Standard[97]
1139.Stephen’s Attack on the Bishops[101]
.The Character and Career of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury[107]
1141.The Battle of Lincoln[110]
1141.The Deposition of Stephen[111]
.The Career of Geoffrey de Mandeville[114]
.The Treaty of Peace Between Stephen and Henry[117]

THE NORMANS IN ENGLAND
(1066–1154)

THE CHARACTER OF THE SAXONS AND NORMANS CONTRASTED.

Source.—William of Malmesbury, De gestis regum Anglorum, ed. Stubbs, vol. ii., p. 306. (Rolls Series.)