num_pages: 488
description: In William the Conqueror, Professor Douglas analyzes the causes and the true character of the Norman impact upon England in the eleventh century. The work is both a study of Anglo-Norman history and a biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular, and as reviewers have remarked, it is distinguished by a wealth of scholarship linked to a lucid and agreeable style.
language: English
title: William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England (Volume 1)
titlecomplete: William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England (Volume 1) (English Monarchs Series)
characters: Richard III, Duke of Normandy, Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, Harold Godwinson, Robert I, Duke of Normandy, William Fitz Osbert, Matilda of Flanders, Edward the Confessor, Richard I of Normandy, William the Conqueror, Richard II, Duke of Normandy, Robert Curthose
genres: Biography, War, Reference, British Literature, European History, Medieval History, Nonfiction, Medieval, Military Fiction, History
ratings_count: 222
series: The English Monarchs
publisher: University of California Press