Zusammenfassung Thierry's two-volume account of the Norman conquest of England was originally published in French in 1825, the English translation following in 1847. Volume 1 is divided into seven parts and accounts for the period from 55 BCE until the final battle of the English against the Norman conqueror in 1137.

Klappentext

This 1847 translation of the French original of 1825 traces Norman involvement in England from Roman times to 1137.

Inhalt

Biographical notice of M. Augustin Thierry; Introduction; 1. From the establishment of the Britons to the ninth century. B.C. 55-A.D. 787; 2. From the first landing of the Danes in England to the end of the domination. 787-1048; 3. From the insurrection of the English people against the Norman favourites of King Edward, to the Battle of Hastings. 1048-1066; 4. From the Battle of Hastings to the taking of Chester, the last city conquered by the Normans. 1066-1070; 5. From the formation of the camp of refuge in the Isle of Ely, to the execution of the last Saxon chief; 6. From the quarrel between King William and his eldest son Robert, to the last visit of William to the continent. 1077-1087; 7. From the death of William the Conqueror, to the last general conspiracy of the English against the Normans. 1087-1137; Appendix.