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Cover 1 Title Page 2 Copyright Page 3 Table of Contents 4 Preface 8 Money and terminology 12 References and abbreviations 14 Maps 16 1 England: shires and political divisions in 1066 16 2 Scotland and northern England: regional divisions 17 3 Wales: regional and political divisions 18 4 Normandy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries 19 Genealogies 20 1 The kings of England: The West Saxon line (simplified) 20 2 The kings of England: The Danish line (simplified) 21 3 The kings of England: The Norman line (simplified) 22 Part One: Preliminaries 24 1. The principal sources 26 Narrative sources 27 Administrative sources 38 Notes 41 2. Britain and Normandy in the eleventh century 44 Lands and peoples 44 Polities and power 54 Military organisation 61 Economies 72 The Church in pre-conquest Britain 78 Britain and the papacy before 1066 87 The Church in pre-conquest Normandy 89 Conclusion 92 Notes 92 3. The origins of conquest, 991–1066 98 Royal succession in England 98 Alliances and invasions, 991–1016 103 English, Danes and Normans, 1016–1042 105 The King and his earls, 1042–1045 108 Edward and the Normans 110 Edward and Godwine 112 The crisis of 1051 113 William of Normandy and the offe

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Author
Richard Huscroft
Language
EN
Category
history
Subjects
History, Humanities
Rating
4.1 / 5 (97 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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