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The History of the Norman Conquest of England

The History of the Norman Conquest of England

The History of the Norman Conquest of England

Its Causes and Its Results
Volume 1: The Preliminary History to the Election of Eadward the Confessor
Edward Augustus Freeman
July 2011
1. The Preliminary History to the Election of Eadward the Confessor
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    Edward Augustus Freeman (1823–1892) was Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, and one of the pre-eminent historians of his generation. Politics was a constant interest for Freeman, who was also a regular contributor to the Saturday Review. While he wrote on a variety of historical topics, from ancient Greece to the German Federation, and had a great interest in architecture, this six-volume work, published between 1867 and 1879, was his magnum opus. Freeman reconsiders how the history of the Conquest is understood and examines its causes and results. Volume 1 provides a preliminary history, and examination of life in England up to the time of the accession of Edward the Confessor, and its preface outlines the differences of approach between Freeman's volumes and preceding histories of the Conquest.

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    July 2011
    Paperback
    9781108030045
    698 pages
    216 × 140 × 39 mm
    0.87kg
    1 map
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    Table of Contents

    • 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.
      Author
    • Edward Augustus Freeman