Descrizione del libro:
Freeman reconsiders how the history of the Conquest is understood, and examines its causes and results. Tracing that history from its roots in fifth-century England, his volumes, published between 1867 and 1879, provide a comprehensive account of the politics and life of early medieval England as it underwent significant changes.
Contenuti:
Volume 1: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Formation of the kingdom of England. 449–975; 3. The constitution of England in the tenth and eleventh centuries; 4. Sketch of the history of Normandy during the tenth century; 5. The Danish conquest of England. 975–1016; 6. The Danish kings in England. 1017–1042; Appendix. Volume 2: Preface; 7. From the election of Eadward to the banishment of Godwine. 1042–1051; 8. The early years of William the Conqueror. 1028–1051; 9. The reign of Eadward from the return of Godwine to the death of Eadward the Aetheling. 1052–1057; 10. The reign of Eadward, from the death of the Aetheling to the death of the king. 1057–1066; Appendix. Volume 3: Preface; 11. The election of Harold. January 5th–April 6th, 1066; 12. The later reign of William in Normandy. 1051–1066; 13. The negotiations of Duke William. January–August 1066; 14. The Norwegian invasion and the campaign of Stamfordbridge. May–September, 1066; 15. The Norman invasion and the campaign of Hastings. August–October, 1066; 16. The interregnum. October 15–December 25, 1066; Appendix. Volume 4: Preface; 17. The first days of William's reign. December, 1066–December, 1067; 18. The conquest of western and northern England. March, 1067–April, 1070; 19. The ecclesiastical settlement of England. 1070–1089; 20. The revolts against William. 1070–1076; 21. The later days of William. 1076–1087; Appendix. Volume 5: Preface; 22. Domesday; 23. The Norman kings in England. 1087–1154; 24. The political results of the Norman Conquest; 25. The effects of the Norman Conquest on language and literature; 26. The effects of the Norman Conquest on art; 27. The Angevin reigns; Appendix. Volume 6: Index.
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