The history of the Norman conquest of England, its causes and its results, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 1507 — Chapter X · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE DEATH OF THE ÆTHELING TO THE DEATH OF THE KING.[1258] 1057–1066. (continued 2)

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This is asserted in the famous passage of William of Malmesbury (ii. 228), “Ecclesia ... quam ipse illo compositionis genere primus in Angliâ ædificaverat quod nunc penè cuncti sumptuosis æmulantur expensis.” On the architectural question I trust to say something in the last volume of this work.

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