William the Conquer: The Norman Impact Upon England (The Yale English Monarchs Series) - Softcover

David C. Douglas

 
9780300078848: William the Conquer: The Norman Impact Upon England (The Yale English Monarchs Series)

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"Douglas' William the Conqueror possesses the real and elusive quality of greatness. . . . Its originality will surely become the orthodoxy of the next generation."--"Speculum

Synopsis

An account of the life of William the Conqueror. David Douglas provides an analysis of the Norman impact upon England and a biography of the spectacular ruler. This reissue contains a new foreword by Professor Frank Barlow.

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9780520003507: William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England: 1 (English Monarchs Series)

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ISBN 10:  0520003500 ISBN 13:  9780520003507
Publisher: University of California Press, 1967
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