About this title: In "William the Conqueror", Professor Douglas analyzes the causes and the true character of the Norman impact upon England in the eleventh century. The work is both a study of Anglo-Norman history and a biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular, and as reviewers have remarked, it is distinguished by a wealth of scholarship linked to a lucid and agreeable style.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1967
ISBN-13:9780520003507ISBN:0520003500
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Some red underlining; some pages have curl due to humidity. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
Date Published: 1964
Description: Fair in fair dust jacket. Flexible a good amount, some edge wear to dust jacket, page edges still fairly crisp, clean pages are age-toned some. xii, 476 p. geneal. tables, maps, port. 24 cm. Includes: Maps, Portraits, Genealogical tables. Bibliography: p. 427-447. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ. Of California Press, Berkeley
Date Published: 1964
Description: VG in G+ jacket. Hardcover in dust jacket. Owner name neatly written, otherwise clean. D.j. is frayed at top of spine, still a solid copy, VG/G+. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: university of California Press
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780520003507ISBN:0520003500
Description: Very Good- As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, remainder mark on bottom edge of book, some dings to the cover edges, small paperlift at rear cover corner(lower), and other light shopwear. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 5-1-67
ISBN-13:9780520003507ISBN:0520003500
Description: FINE. Superb, crisp, clean, unread paperback with very light shelfwear to the covers and publisher's mark to one edge-GREAT! 1.2 lbs. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
Date Published: 1964
Description: Book: Fair. 8vo. 476 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2. Red cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on spine. Large amt of highlighting and marginalia throughout book. No dj. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA
Date Published: 1964
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xii + 476 pp. Black cloth, gilt on burgundy title label on back strip. Top edges show slight indentation near spine, else as issued. Dust jacket shows some wear along top edge, with minor chipping. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The University of California Press
Description: Berkely: University of California Press 1964 First Edition xii/476pp, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, black cloth, hardcover (no dust jacket) CONDITION: VERY GOOD, light rubbing at spine top and very light scathes on covers, very good condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
Date Published: 1964
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First of a series of studies of the English monarchs. It is an analysis of the causes and character of the Norman impact upon Eng. in the 11th century. It is also a biography of a manwhose personal career was spectacular. 476 pp. Bibliography. Indexed. No underlining or markings. Binding tight and firm with no stains or scuffs of boards. Prior owner's name on front endpaper. DJ slightly worn on edges but now plastic covered for protection. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780520003507ISBN:0520003500
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Later printing. 476 pgs in vg condition except for yellow highlighting on some; cover vg read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles
Date Published: 1964
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Book Near Fine. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Fronticepiece shows William The Conqueror as depicted on the Bayeaux Tapestry. From the English Monarch series. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of California, California
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780520003484ISBN:0520003489
Description: Good in Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR IS LIGHTLY SOILED. PINK CLOTH COVER. INTERIOR PAGES STAMPED "DISCARD" AND HAVE LIGHT FINGERING TO MARGINS WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. read more
"Sure, it's like, forty years old, but it still sets the standard in William the Conqueror scholarship. Here are answers, or at least well-phrased hedges about the most important questions surrounding William's life and conquests: Did William introduce feudalism to England or adapt existing social structures? Was his victory in the Battle of Hastings attributable more to the exhaustion of the English after fighting off the Norwegians or more to William's superior conquest? and so forth.
Douglas has read the primary sources in English and French (and Latin, and Italian, etc), he has read the secondary sources, he has, in short, done his homework. I mean, how many books have you read that have quotes from reviewers on the back that say, "the author has set about to self conciously create a masterpiece on the subject... and he has succeded."
The funny thing about this book is that even though it is supremely scholarly, it is also suitable for the general reader. Provided: that reader has either taken an undergraduate course in Midevial history or has done reading on his/her own on the subject. If you only read one book before this one I would recommend either Feudal Society vol. I by Bloch or the Making of the Middle Ages by Southern."
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