Danes, Saxons, and Normans; or, Stories of our Ancestors
Danes, Saxons, and Normans; or, Stories of our Ancestors by J. G. Edgar, author of “Boyhood of Great Men,” “Cavaliers and Roundheads,” etc.
1863
[From the Preface.] In the following pages I have endeavoured to tell in a popular way the story of the Norman Conquest, and to give an idea of the principal personages who figured in England at the period when that memorable event took place; and I have endeavoured, I hope not without some degree of success, to treat the subject in a popular and picturesque style, without any sacrifice of historic truth.
With a view of rendering the important event which I have attempted to illustrate, more intelligible to the reader, I have commenced by showing how the Normans under Rolfganger forced a settlement in the dominions of Charles the Simple, whilst Alfred the Great was struggling with the Danes in England, and have recounted the events which led to a connexion between the courts of Rouen and Westminster, and to the invasion of England by William the Norman.
It has been truly observed that the history of the Conquest is at once so familiar at first sight, that it appears superfluous to multiply details, so difficult to realize on examination, that a writer feels himself under the necessity of investing with importance many particulars previously regarded as uninteresting, and that the defeat at Hastings was not the catastrophe over which the curtain drops to close the Saxon tragedy, but “the first scene in a new act of the continuous drama.” I have therefore continued my narrative for many years after the fall of Harold and the building of Battle Abbey, and have traced the Conqueror’s career from the coast of Sussex to the banks of the Humber and the borders of the Tweed.
For the same reason I have narrated the quarrels which convulsed the Conqueror’s own family--have related how son fought against father, and brother against brother--and have indicated the circumstances which, after a fierce war of succession in England, resulted in the peaceful coronation of Henry Plantagenet, and the establishment of that great house whose chiefs were so long the pride of England and the terror of her foes.
J. G. E.
CONTENTS
Preface
CH 1. Rolfganger and His Comrades
CH 2. William the Conqueror
CH 3. The Danes in England
CH 4. Earl Godwin
CH 5. Edward the Confessor
CH 6. The King and the King-Maker
CH 7. Matilda of Flanders
CH 8. Siward the Dane
CH 9. Harold, the Saxon King
CH 10. Duke William and His Difficulties
CH 11. Tostig, Son of Godwin
CH 12. Harold Hardrada
CH 13. The Alarm in England
CH 14. The Battle of Stamford Bridge
CH 15. Philip of France
CH 16. The Norman Armament
CH 17. Harold’s Host
CH 18. The Battle of Hastings
CH 19. The Body of Harold
CH 20. The Conqueror and the Kentishmen
CH 21. Edgar Atheling
CH 22. Coronation of the Conqueror
CH 23. The Siege of Exeter
CH 24. Matilda and Brihtrik
CH 25. The Normans in Northumberland
CH 26. Cospatrick and the Conqueror
CH 27. Saxon Saints and Norman Soldiers
CH 28. The Reduction of Chester
CH 29. Lanfranc of Pavia
CH 30. Edwin and Morkar
CH 31. Ivo Taille-Bois
CH 32. Hereward the Saxon
CH 33. Building of Battle Abbey
CH 34. Malcolm Canmore
CH 35. The Death of Cospatrick
CH 36. Atheling and His Allies
CH 37. Fitzosborne and de Gael
CH 38. Waltheof, Son of Siward
CH 39. Wulstan, Bishop of Worcester
CH 40. Robert Curthose
CH 41. The Conqueror and His Heir
CH 42. Odo, Bishop of Bayeux
CH 43. Doomsday Book
CH 44. The Conqueror’s Death
CH 45. The Burial at Caen
CH 46. The Red King
CH 47. Rufus and the Jews
CH 48. Rufus and the Scots
CH 49. Robert de Moubray
CH 50. Henry Beauclerc
CH 51. The Death of Rufus
CH 52. A Change of Fortune
CH 53. Curthose at the Crusade
CH 54. Beauclerc and Curthose
CH 55. After Tinchebray
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1863
[From the Preface.] In the following pages I have endeavoured to tell in a popular way the story of the Norman Conquest, and to give an idea of the principal personages who figured in England at the period when that memorable event took place; and I have endeavoured, I hope not without some degree of success, to treat the subject in a popular and picturesque style, without any sacrifice of historic truth.
With a view of rendering the important event which I have attempted to illustrate, more intelligible to the reader, I have commenced by showing how the Normans under Rolfganger forced a settlement in the dominions of Charles the Simple, whilst Alfred the Great was struggling with the Danes in England, and have recounted the events which led to a connexion between the courts of Rouen and Westminster, and to the invasion of England by William the Norman.
It has been truly observed that the history of the Conquest is at once so familiar at first sight, that it appears superfluous to multiply details, so difficult to realize on examination, that a writer feels himself under the necessity of investing with importance many particulars previously regarded as uninteresting, and that the defeat at Hastings was not the catastrophe over which the curtain drops to close the Saxon tragedy, but “the first scene in a new act of the continuous drama.” I have therefore continued my narrative for many years after the fall of Harold and the building of Battle Abbey, and have traced the Conqueror’s career from the coast of Sussex to the banks of the Humber and the borders of the Tweed.
For the same reason I have narrated the quarrels which convulsed the Conqueror’s own family--have related how son fought against father, and brother against brother--and have indicated the circumstances which, after a fierce war of succession in England, resulted in the peaceful coronation of Henry Plantagenet, and the establishment of that great house whose chiefs were so long the pride of England and the terror of her foes.
J. G. E.
CONTENTS
Preface
CH 1. Rolfganger and His Comrades
CH 2. William the Conqueror
CH 3. The Danes in England
CH 4. Earl Godwin
CH 5. Edward the Confessor
CH 6. The King and the King-Maker
CH 7. Matilda of Flanders
CH 8. Siward the Dane
CH 9. Harold, the Saxon King
CH 10. Duke William and His Difficulties
CH 11. Tostig, Son of Godwin
CH 12. Harold Hardrada
CH 13. The Alarm in England
CH 14. The Battle of Stamford Bridge
CH 15. Philip of France
CH 16. The Norman Armament
CH 17. Harold’s Host
CH 18. The Battle of Hastings
CH 19. The Body of Harold
CH 20. The Conqueror and the Kentishmen
CH 21. Edgar Atheling
CH 22. Coronation of the Conqueror
CH 23. The Siege of Exeter
CH 24. Matilda and Brihtrik
CH 25. The Normans in Northumberland
CH 26. Cospatrick and the Conqueror
CH 27. Saxon Saints and Norman Soldiers
CH 28. The Reduction of Chester
CH 29. Lanfranc of Pavia
CH 30. Edwin and Morkar
CH 31. Ivo Taille-Bois
CH 32. Hereward the Saxon
CH 33. Building of Battle Abbey
CH 34. Malcolm Canmore
CH 35. The Death of Cospatrick
CH 36. Atheling and His Allies
CH 37. Fitzosborne and de Gael
CH 38. Waltheof, Son of Siward
CH 39. Wulstan, Bishop of Worcester
CH 40. Robert Curthose
CH 41. The Conqueror and His Heir
CH 42. Odo, Bishop of Bayeux
CH 43. Doomsday Book
CH 44. The Conqueror’s Death
CH 45. The Burial at Caen
CH 46. The Red King
CH 47. Rufus and the Jews
CH 48. Rufus and the Scots
CH 49. Robert de Moubray
CH 50. Henry Beauclerc
CH 51. The Death of Rufus
CH 52. A Change of Fortune
CH 53. Curthose at the Crusade
CH 54. Beauclerc and Curthose
CH 55. After Tinchebray
Danes, Saxons, and Normans; or, Stories of our Ancestors
Danes, Saxons, and Normans; or, Stories of our Ancestors by J. G. Edgar, author of “Boyhood of Great Men,” “Cavaliers and Roundheads,” etc.
1863
[From the Preface.] In the following pages I have endeavoured to tell in a popular way the story of the Norman Conquest, and to give an idea of the principal personages who figured in England at the period when that memorable event took place; and I have endeavoured, I hope not without some degree of success, to treat the subject in a popular and picturesque style, without any sacrifice of historic truth.
With a view of rendering the important event which I have attempted to illustrate, more intelligible to the reader, I have commenced by showing how the Normans under Rolfganger forced a settlement in the dominions of Charles the Simple, whilst Alfred the Great was struggling with the Danes in England, and have recounted the events which led to a connexion between the courts of Rouen and Westminster, and to the invasion of England by William the Norman.
It has been truly observed that the history of the Conquest is at once so familiar at first sight, that it appears superfluous to multiply details, so difficult to realize on examination, that a writer feels himself under the necessity of investing with importance many particulars previously regarded as uninteresting, and that the defeat at Hastings was not the catastrophe over which the curtain drops to close the Saxon tragedy, but “the first scene in a new act of the continuous drama.” I have therefore continued my narrative for many years after the fall of Harold and the building of Battle Abbey, and have traced the Conqueror’s career from the coast of Sussex to the banks of the Humber and the borders of the Tweed.
For the same reason I have narrated the quarrels which convulsed the Conqueror’s own family--have related how son fought against father, and brother against brother--and have indicated the circumstances which, after a fierce war of succession in England, resulted in the peaceful coronation of Henry Plantagenet, and the establishment of that great house whose chiefs were so long the pride of England and the terror of her foes.
J. G. E.
CONTENTS
Preface
CH 1. Rolfganger and His Comrades
CH 2. William the Conqueror
CH 3. The Danes in England
CH 4. Earl Godwin
CH 5. Edward the Confessor
CH 6. The King and the King-Maker
CH 7. Matilda of Flanders
CH 8. Siward the Dane
CH 9. Harold, the Saxon King
CH 10. Duke William and His Difficulties
CH 11. Tostig, Son of Godwin
CH 12. Harold Hardrada
CH 13. The Alarm in England
CH 14. The Battle of Stamford Bridge
CH 15. Philip of France
CH 16. The Norman Armament
CH 17. Harold’s Host
CH 18. The Battle of Hastings
CH 19. The Body of Harold
CH 20. The Conqueror and the Kentishmen
CH 21. Edgar Atheling
CH 22. Coronation of the Conqueror
CH 23. The Siege of Exeter
CH 24. Matilda and Brihtrik
CH 25. The Normans in Northumberland
CH 26. Cospatrick and the Conqueror
CH 27. Saxon Saints and Norman Soldiers
CH 28. The Reduction of Chester
CH 29. Lanfranc of Pavia
CH 30. Edwin and Morkar
CH 31. Ivo Taille-Bois
CH 32. Hereward the Saxon
CH 33. Building of Battle Abbey
CH 34. Malcolm Canmore
CH 35. The Death of Cospatrick
CH 36. Atheling and His Allies
CH 37. Fitzosborne and de Gael
CH 38. Waltheof, Son of Siward
CH 39. Wulstan, Bishop of Worcester
CH 40. Robert Curthose
CH 41. The Conqueror and His Heir
CH 42. Odo, Bishop of Bayeux
CH 43. Doomsday Book
CH 44. The Conqueror’s Death
CH 45. The Burial at Caen
CH 46. The Red King
CH 47. Rufus and the Jews
CH 48. Rufus and the Scots
CH 49. Robert de Moubray
CH 50. Henry Beauclerc
CH 51. The Death of Rufus
CH 52. A Change of Fortune
CH 53. Curthose at the Crusade
CH 54. Beauclerc and Curthose
CH 55. After Tinchebray
1863
[From the Preface.] In the following pages I have endeavoured to tell in a popular way the story of the Norman Conquest, and to give an idea of the principal personages who figured in England at the period when that memorable event took place; and I have endeavoured, I hope not without some degree of success, to treat the subject in a popular and picturesque style, without any sacrifice of historic truth.
With a view of rendering the important event which I have attempted to illustrate, more intelligible to the reader, I have commenced by showing how the Normans under Rolfganger forced a settlement in the dominions of Charles the Simple, whilst Alfred the Great was struggling with the Danes in England, and have recounted the events which led to a connexion between the courts of Rouen and Westminster, and to the invasion of England by William the Norman.
It has been truly observed that the history of the Conquest is at once so familiar at first sight, that it appears superfluous to multiply details, so difficult to realize on examination, that a writer feels himself under the necessity of investing with importance many particulars previously regarded as uninteresting, and that the defeat at Hastings was not the catastrophe over which the curtain drops to close the Saxon tragedy, but “the first scene in a new act of the continuous drama.” I have therefore continued my narrative for many years after the fall of Harold and the building of Battle Abbey, and have traced the Conqueror’s career from the coast of Sussex to the banks of the Humber and the borders of the Tweed.
For the same reason I have narrated the quarrels which convulsed the Conqueror’s own family--have related how son fought against father, and brother against brother--and have indicated the circumstances which, after a fierce war of succession in England, resulted in the peaceful coronation of Henry Plantagenet, and the establishment of that great house whose chiefs were so long the pride of England and the terror of her foes.
J. G. E.
CONTENTS
Preface
CH 1. Rolfganger and His Comrades
CH 2. William the Conqueror
CH 3. The Danes in England
CH 4. Earl Godwin
CH 5. Edward the Confessor
CH 6. The King and the King-Maker
CH 7. Matilda of Flanders
CH 8. Siward the Dane
CH 9. Harold, the Saxon King
CH 10. Duke William and His Difficulties
CH 11. Tostig, Son of Godwin
CH 12. Harold Hardrada
CH 13. The Alarm in England
CH 14. The Battle of Stamford Bridge
CH 15. Philip of France
CH 16. The Norman Armament
CH 17. Harold’s Host
CH 18. The Battle of Hastings
CH 19. The Body of Harold
CH 20. The Conqueror and the Kentishmen
CH 21. Edgar Atheling
CH 22. Coronation of the Conqueror
CH 23. The Siege of Exeter
CH 24. Matilda and Brihtrik
CH 25. The Normans in Northumberland
CH 26. Cospatrick and the Conqueror
CH 27. Saxon Saints and Norman Soldiers
CH 28. The Reduction of Chester
CH 29. Lanfranc of Pavia
CH 30. Edwin and Morkar
CH 31. Ivo Taille-Bois
CH 32. Hereward the Saxon
CH 33. Building of Battle Abbey
CH 34. Malcolm Canmore
CH 35. The Death of Cospatrick
CH 36. Atheling and His Allies
CH 37. Fitzosborne and de Gael
CH 38. Waltheof, Son of Siward
CH 39. Wulstan, Bishop of Worcester
CH 40. Robert Curthose
CH 41. The Conqueror and His Heir
CH 42. Odo, Bishop of Bayeux
CH 43. Doomsday Book
CH 44. The Conqueror’s Death
CH 45. The Burial at Caen
CH 46. The Red King
CH 47. Rufus and the Jews
CH 48. Rufus and the Scots
CH 49. Robert de Moubray
CH 50. Henry Beauclerc
CH 51. The Death of Rufus
CH 52. A Change of Fortune
CH 53. Curthose at the Crusade
CH 54. Beauclerc and Curthose
CH 55. After Tinchebray
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| Publisher: | Denise Henry |
| Publication date: | 08/16/2012 |
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