The novel concerns the Anglo-Saxon (or as Kingsley preferred "Anglo-Danish") resistance to the Norman Conquest, and this reflects Kingsley's own admiration of Germanic (or "Teutonic") vigour.
A novela trata a resistencia anglosaxoa (ou como prefería Kingsley "anglo-danesa") contra a conquista normanda, e isto reflicte a admiración do propio Kingsley polo vigor xermánico (ou "teutónico").