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William the Conqueror /
This text offers a reinterpretation of the life of a pivotal figure in British and European history. This work combines biography and a multidisciplinary approach to examine the life of a major figure in British and European history. Using a framework derived from studies of early medieval kingship,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | English monarchs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover page ; Halftitle page ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Dedication ; CONTENTS; PLATES; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; Map; Plates ; PROLOGUE WRITING A LIFE OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; Chapter 1 THE FIRST YEARS; THE SON OF A CONCUBINE; ROBERT AND HERLEVA; THE RULE OF DUKE ROBERT; NORMANDY, ENGLAND, AND THE NORTH SEA WORLD; THE CHILD WILLIAM; Chapter 2 FROM CHILDHOOD INTO ADOLESCENCE; CONSTRUCTING A NARRATIVE; PUTTING WILLIAM'S MINORITY IN PERSPECTIVE; THE RULE OF THE CHILD; EDWARD, KING OF THE ENGLISH; THE RULE OF THE ADOLESCENT; THE YEAR OF VAL-ÈS-DUNES; THE JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD.
- Chapter 3 THE SHAPING OF THINGS TO COMETHE AFTERMATH OF VAL-ÈS-DUNES; THE COUNCIL OF RHEIMS AND THE PROPOSED MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM AND MATILDA; THE ENGLISH CRISIS OF 1051-2 AND THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM AND MATILDA; ALENÇON AND DOMFRONT; Chapter 4 THE MAKING OF A REPUTATION; FAMILY MATTERS; WILLIAM OF ARQUES AND THE WARS OF 1053-4; THE DEPOSITION OF ARCHBISHOP MALGER; FROM MORTEMER TO VARAVILLE (1054-7); ENGLAND IN THE 1050s; NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE, 1057-60; THE CAEN ABBEYS; THE MAKING OF A REPUTATION; Chapter 5 ON TO THE ATTACK; THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC; RULE IN NORMANDY, 1060-3.
- THE CONQUEST OF MAINETHE CONQUEST OF MAINE AND THE POLITICS OF NORTHERN FRANCE; RULING MAINE, 1063-6; WILLIAM, HAROLD, AND THE ENGLISH SUCCESSION; THE BRETON CAMPAIGN; RULE IN NORMANDY, 1063-6; ON THE EVE OF 1066; Chapter 6 THE YEAR OF VICTORY; THE RULE OF KING HAROLD; PREPARATIONS FOR INVASION; THE CHANNEL CROSSING; THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS; FROM HASTINGS TO CORONATION; Chapter 7 KING OF THE ENGLISH; INTERPRETING THE FIRST YEARS OF WILLIAM'S ENGLISH KINGSHIP; THE FIRST WEEKS OF KINGSHIP; THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO NORMANDY; THE RETURN TO ENGLAND; CAMPAIGNS AND CEREMONY (JANUARY-MARCH 1068).
- MATILDA'S CORONATIONChapter 8 VICTORY TRANSFORMED; THE FIRST ENGLISH REVOLTS; A SHORT VISIT TO NORMANDY; THE GREAT CRISIS OF 1069-70; THE 'HARRYING OF THE NORTH'; 1068-70: AN ASSESSMENT; Chapter 9 FROM CRISIS TO TRIUMPH; PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATTERS; AFTER THE HARRYING OF THE NORTH; THE PAPAL LEGATES' VISIT AND THE RESHAPING OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN 1070; NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE, 1070-1; THE CONQUEST COMPLETED; WRITING CONQUEST; THE CONSOLIDATION OF EMPIRE; THE YEAR 1074; Chapter 10 CROSS-CHANNEL RULE; 1075: ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES.
- ENGLAND, 1075-6: THE REVOLT OF THE THREE EARLS AND OTHER BUSINESS1075 TO 1077: NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE; THE QUARREL WITH ROBERT CURTHOSE; RULING ENGLAND AS AN ABSENTEE, 1078-80; NORMANDY, MAINE, AND NORTHERN FRANCE, 1078-80; THE WIDER WESTERN WORLD; Chapter 11 POLITICAL CONSOLIDATION AND PERSONAL LOSS; GREGORY VII'S REQUEST FOR FEALTY; STABILIZING THE BRITISH ISLES (1080-1); NORMANDY, MAINE, AND NORTHERN FRANCE, 1081-2; ENGLAND, 1082-3, AND THE ARREST OF BISHOP ODO OF BAYEUX; THE YEAR 1083 AND MATILDA'S DEATH; Chapter 12 THE FINAL YEARS; 1084 AND 1085 IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.