History of the Conquest of England by the Normans - Volume 1

This 1847 translation of the French original of 1825 traces Norman involvement in England from Roman times to 1137.

Biographical notice of M. Augustin Thierry; Introduction; 1. From the establishment of the Britons to the ninth century. B.C. 55-A.D. 787; 2. From the first landing of the Danes in England to the end of the domination. 787-1048; 3. From the insurrection of the English people against the Norman favourites of King Edward, to the Battle of Hastings. 1048-1066; 4. From the Battle of Hastings to the taking of Chester, the last city conquered by the Normans. 1066-1070; 5. From the formation of the camp of refuge in the Isle of Ely, to the execution of the last Saxon chief; 6. From the quarrel between King William and his eldest son Robert, to the last visit of William to the continent. 1077-1087; 7. From the death of William the Conqueror, to the last general conspiracy of the English against the Normans. 1087-1137; Appendix.