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The Normans in Britain / David Walker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, David, 1923-
- Series:
- Historical Association studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Normans.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Norman period, 1066-1154.
- Great Britain.
- Normans--Great Britain--History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 178 pages : map ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1995.
- Summary:
- The book opens with an explanation of the background to the events of 1066; it discusses the successful military campaigns of William the Conqueror and his heirs that subdued Anglo-Saxon England and established political legitimacy and loyalty in the conquered realm.The diversity of the Norman impact is explored in all its aspects, from the government of Church and State, and society at large, to military and ecclesiastical architecture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-163) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0631196935
- 0631185828
- OCLC:
- 30701007
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