History of the conquest of england by the normans : and its consequences, in england, scotland, ireland, and on the continent /
Augustin Thierry
- NewYork : Cambridge university press, 2011.
- xxxvi, 444 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Thierry's two-volume account of the Norman conquest of England was originally published in French in 1825, the English translation following in 1847. Volume 1 is divided into seven parts and accounts for the period from 55 BCE until the final battle of the English against the Norman conqueror in 1137.