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William the Conqueror and the Rule of the Normans

Chapter 4: ILLUSTRATIONS
By F. M. Stenton
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A scholarly biography traces the ducal upbringing and early vulnerabilities that shaped his strategy, the internal rebellions and continental campaigns that consolidated Norman authority, and the careful preparations and decisive battle that enabled the forcible takeover of England. It follows the immediate military and political aftermath in the north and the management of Scandinavian threats, then examines the monarch’s centralizing policies during the mature reign. The study analyzes relations with the church, the use of castles and earldoms to secure control, administrative practices reflected in charters and writs, and the compilation of the great land survey. Detailed notes and genealogical tables address documentary difficulties and family connections.

ILLUSTRATIONS

      PAGE
SEAL OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR Frontispiece
    From Rymer’s Fœdera (published 1704).  
 
JUMIÈGES ABBEY—FAÇADE 66
    Reproduced by permission of Levy et ses Fils, Paris.  
 
JUMIÈGES ABBEY—INTERIOR 80
    Reproduced by permission of Levy et ses Fils, Paris.  
 
THE SIEGE OF DINANT 140
  FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY  
    From Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).  
 
SEAL OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR 148
    From Rymer’s Fœdera (published 1704).  
 
HAROLD ENTHRONED 158
  FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY  
    From Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).  
 
HAROLD’S OATH 162
  FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY  
    From Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).  
 
THE BUILDING OF HASTINGS CASTLE 188
  FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY  
    From Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).  
 
THE DEATH OF HAROLD 198
  FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY  
    From Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).  
 
FOSSE DISASTER, BATTLE OF HASTINGS 204
  FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY  
    Reproduced from Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).  
 
ST. JOHN’S CHAPEL, IN THE TOWER OF LONDON 228
 
CHARTER OF WILLIAM I. TO THE LONDONERS 230
  IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE CORPORATION  
    Facsimile prepared by F. Madan, M. A., Reader in Palæography in the University of Oxford.  
 
THE BAILE HILL, YORK 270
 
THE SITE OF WILLIAM I.’S SECOND CASTLE  
    Reproduced from Traill’s Social England.  
 
TOMB OF ROBERT COURTHOSE, THE ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, DUKE OF NORMANDY, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL 350
  THE EFFIGY IS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY  
    Reproduced from a photograph by Pitcher, Gloucester, England.  
 
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 360
  AS CONCEIVED BY A FRENCH PAINTER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY  
    The original of this picture, now lost, was painted by an artist when the tomb of the Conqueror was opened in 1522. A copy executed in 1708, is preserved in the sacristy of St Etienne’s Church at Caen; the present illustration is from a photograph of that copy.  
 
REDUCED FACSIMILE OF THE CHARTER OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR TO HYDE ABBEY 382
    Reproduced from Liber Vitæ of New Minster and Hyde Abbey, Winchester. Edited by W. de Gray Birch.  
 
GAMEL SON OF ORME’S SUNDIAL 388
    From A Short Account of Saint Gregory’s Minster, Kirkdale, by Rev. F. W. Powell, Vicar.  
 
WILLIAM’S WRIT TO COVENTRY 420
    From Facsimiles of Royal and Other Charters in the British Museum. Edited by George F. Warner and Henry J. Ellis.  
 
PLAN OF GREAT CANFIELD CASTLE, ESSEX 440
    From Victoria History of the Counties of England.  
 
AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURES TO WINDSOR AGREEMENT 448
    Reproduced from Palæographical Society’s Facsimiles of Manuscripts and Inscriptions.  
 
A PORTION OF A PAGE OF DOMESDAY BOOK 458
  THE BEGINNING OF THE BERKSHIRE SECTION  
    Facsimiles prepared by F. Madan, M.A., Reader in Palæography in the University of Oxford.  
 
A PORTION OF A PAGE OF DOMESDAY BOOK 466
  THE BEGINNING OF THE BERKSHIRE SECTION  
    Facsimiles prepared by F. Madan, M.A., Reader in Palæography in the University of Oxford.  
 
COINS
 
[1]PENNY OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR 62
 
[2]DENIER OF GEOFFREY MARTEL 95
 
[2]DENIER OF HENRY I. OF FRANCE 125
 
[2]DENIER OF CONAN II. OF BRITTANY 142
 
[2]PENNY OF HAROLD HARDRADA 179
 
[1]PENNY OF HAROLD II. 210
 
[2]DENIER OF BALDWIN OF LILLE 266
 
[2]PENNY OF SWEGN ESTUTHSON 303
 
[2]DENIER OF ROBERT LE FRISON 343
 
[2]DENIER OF PHILIP I. OF FRANCE 375
 
[3]PENNY OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 406406
 
[3]PENNY OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 456
 
[3]PENNY OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 501
 
 
GENEALOGICAL CHARTS FACING PAGE 502
 
TABLE A—THE DUCAL HOUSE OF NORMANDY
 
TABLE B—THE COUNTS OF BRITTANY
 
TABLE C—THE DESCENDANTS OF ARLETTE
 
TABLE D—THE COUNTS OF MAINE
 
TABLE E—THE COUNTS OF THE VEXIN
 
TABLE F—THE SUCCESSION IN 1066
 
TABLE G—THE COUNTS OF FLANDERS
 
TABLE H—THE EARLS OF NORTHUMBRIA
 
 
MAPS
 
MAP OF EASTERN NORMANDY AND THE BORDER COUNTIES 64
 
MAP OF YORKSHIRE IN 1066–1087 268
 
MAP OF WESTERN NORMANDY 360
 
MAP OF ENGLAND IN 1087 374
 
MAP OF EARLDOMS, MAY, 1068 412
 
MAP OF EARLDOMS, JANUARY, 1075 414
 
MAP OF EARLDOMS, SEPTEMBER, 1087 416
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR