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The history of the Norman conquest of England, its causes and its results, Volume 1 (of 6) — Edward A. Freeman

The history of the Norman conquest of England, its causes and its results, Volume 1 (of 6)

Edward A. Freeman

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  • Book language: English
  • 750 pages

This is the first of six volumes of Edward A. Freeman's history of the Norman Conquest of England. It sets out the work's aims and traces the preliminary history up to the election of Eadward the Confessor. It is a detailed, scholarly account for anyone interested in medieval English and Norman affairs.

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HISTORY OF THE NORMAN
CONQUEST.
London
HENRY FROWDE
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Aƽŧƿ CLjǡƿŧǡ, E.C.
THE HISTORY
OF THE
NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND,
ITS CAUSES AND ITS RESULTS.

BY

EDWARD A. FREEMAN, M.A., HLjƿ. D.C.L. & LL.D.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE,

Knight Commander of the Greek Order of the Saviour and of the Servian Order of Tekova,

Corresponding Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Saint Petersburg, of the Royal Academy of Lincei of Rome, of the Royal Society of Sciences of Göttingen, and of the Historical Society of Massachusetts.

VOLUME I.

THE PRELIMINARY HISTORY TO THE ELECTION OF EADWARD THE

CONFESSOR.

Αἰνέσωμεν δὴ ἄνδρας ἐνδόξους, καὶ τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν τῇ γενέσει.... κυριεύοντες ἐν ταῖς βασιλείαις αὐτῶν.... βουλεύσονται ἐν συνέσει αὐτῶν.... ἡγούμενοι λαοῦ ἐν διαβουλίοις.—Ecclus. c. xliv.

THIRD EDITION, REVISED.

Oxford:

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

M.DCCC.LXXVII.

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Contents

  1. THE HISTORY OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND, ITS CAUSES AND ITS RESULTS.
  2. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
  3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  4. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
  5. CONTENTS.
  6. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
  7. CHAPTER II. THE FORMATION OF THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND. 449–975.
  8. CHAPTER III. THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND IN THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CENTURIES.[82]
  9. CHAPTER IV. SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF NORMANDY DURING THE TENTH CENTURY.[188]
  10. CHAPTER V. THE DANISH CONQUEST OF ENGLAND.[464] 975–1016.
  11. CHAPTER VI. THE DANISH KINGS IN ENGLAND.[818] 1017–1042.
  12. APPENDIX.
  13. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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