The Project Gutenberg eBook of William the Conqueror, by F. M. (Frank Merry) Stenton

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			406 406

^[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

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