A History of England Under the Norman Kings: Or, From the Battle of Hastings to the Accession of the House of Plantagenet: to which is Prefixed an Epitome of the Early History of Normandy |
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... French verse . Ordericus Vitalis has also largely availed himself of it . Rad- ulfus de Diceto , in his " Abbreviationes Chronicorum , " John Wallingford , Matthew of Westminster , and the Chroniques de St. Denys , have likewise taken ...
... French verse . Ordericus Vitalis has also largely availed himself of it . Rad- ulfus de Diceto , in his " Abbreviationes Chronicorum , " John Wallingford , Matthew of Westminster , and the Chroniques de St. Denys , have likewise taken ...
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... French verse by Benoît de Ste More . William of Jumièges appears also to have made use of him2 . A narrative poem on the battle of Hastings ( De Bello Hastingensi ) , in 835 hexameters and pentameters , greatly to the praise of the ...
... French verse by Benoît de Ste More . William of Jumièges appears also to have made use of him2 . A narrative poem on the battle of Hastings ( De Bello Hastingensi ) , in 835 hexameters and pentameters , greatly to the praise of the ...
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... French prose is contained in the Chroniques de Normandie of the 13th cen- tury , extracts from which are given in the Recueil des Histo- riens de la France ( xi . pp . 320 sq . , xii . p . 220 sq . ) . Of the English chroniclers ...
... French prose is contained in the Chroniques de Normandie of the 13th cen- tury , extracts from which are given in the Recueil des Histo- riens de la France ( xi . pp . 320 sq . , xii . p . 220 sq . ) . Of the English chroniclers ...
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... French posted on the Eure , who were defeated by them with the loss of Regnald , duke of Maine . The celebrated siege of Paris was now undertaken by the Northmen , at which no Frankish chronicler , but Dudo alone , The mention of ...
... French posted on the Eure , who were defeated by them with the loss of Regnald , duke of Maine . The celebrated siege of Paris was now undertaken by the Northmen , at which no Frankish chronicler , but Dudo alone , The mention of ...
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... French had already quite superseded the mother - tongue of the conquerors ; a striking fact , which shows partly the small number of Northmen in Rouen , and partly indicates an inverse proportion at Bayeux , the earlier conquest of Rolf ...
... French had already quite superseded the mother - tongue of the conquerors ; a striking fact , which shows partly the small number of Northmen in Rouen , and partly indicates an inverse proportion at Bayeux , the earlier conquest of Rolf ...
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A. S. Kings abbey abbey of Bec abbot afterwards ancient Anglo-Saxon Anjou Anselm appears archbishop archbishop of Rouen army barons Bayeux bestowed bishop Brittany brother Canterbury castle caused charter Chron Chronicle church clergy Conqueror count count of Anjou count of Flanders court crown daughter death Domesday Dudo duke Robert Eadgar Eadmer earl earldom ecclesiastical enemy Engl England English Evreux father favour fief fitz Flanders Flor French Frodoard garrison Gemmet Geoffrey Gesta Henry Henry's Hist Hugh king's knights land Lanfranc Lewis lord Malm Malmesbury Maseres Matilda monks Neustria nobles Norman Normandy Northmen oath Ordericus Vitalis Pictav plundered pope possession prince probably quæ Ralf received reign relations Richard Roger Rolf Rouen royal Saxon siege Stephen surnamed tion vassals Vital Wace Welsh Wigorn William William fitz Osbern William of Jumièges William the Conqueror Winchester
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