ILLUSTRATIONS
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SEAL OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR Frontispiece
From Rymer’s Fœdera (published 1704).
JUMIÈGES ABBEY—FAÇADE 66
Reproduced by permission of Levy et ses Fils, Paris.
JUMIÈGES ABBEY—INTERIOR 80
Reproduced by permission of Levy et ses Fils, Paris.
THE SIEGE OF DINANT 140
FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY
From Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).
SEAL OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR 148
From Rymer’s Fœdera (published 1704).
HAROLD ENTHRONED 158
FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY
From Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).
HAROLD’S OATH 162
FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY
From Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).
THE BUILDING OF HASTINGS CASTLE 188
FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY
From Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).
viiiTHE DEATH OF HAROLD 198
FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY
From Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).
FOSSE DISASTER, BATTLE OF HASTINGS 204
FROM THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY
Reproduced from Vetusta Monumenta of the Society of Antiquaries of London (published 1819).
ST. JOHN’S CHAPEL, IN THE TOWER OF LONDON 228
CHARTER OF WILLIAM I. TO THE LONDONERS 230
IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE CORPORATION
Facsimile prepared by F. Madan, M. A., Reader in Palæography in the University of Oxford.
THE BAILE HILL, YORK 270
THE SITE OF WILLIAM I.’S SECOND CASTLE
Reproduced from Traill’s Social England.
TOMB OF ROBERT COURTHOSE, THE ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, DUKE OF NORMANDY, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL 350
THE EFFIGY IS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
Reproduced from a photograph by Pitcher, Gloucester, England.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 360
AS CONCEIVED BY A FRENCH PAINTER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
The original of this picture, now lost, was painted by an artist when the tomb of the Conqueror was opened in 1522. A copy executed in 1708, is preserved in the sacristy of St Etienne’s Church at Caen; the present illustration is from a photograph of that copy.
ixREDUCED FACSIMILE OF THE CHARTER OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR TO HYDE ABBEY 382
Reproduced from Liber Vitæ of New Minster and Hyde Abbey, Winchester. Edited by W. de Gray Birch.
GAMEL SON OF ORME’S SUNDIAL 388
From A Short Account of Saint Gregory’s Minster, Kirkdale, by Rev. F. W. Powell, Vicar.
WILLIAM’S WRIT TO COVENTRY 420
From Facsimiles of Royal and Other Charters in the British Museum. Edited by George F. Warner and Henry J. Ellis.
PLAN OF GREAT CANFIELD CASTLE, ESSEX 440
From Victoria History of the Counties of England.
AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURES TO WINDSOR AGREEMENT 448
Reproduced from Palæographical Society’s Facsimiles of Manuscripts and Inscriptions.
A PORTION OF A PAGE OF DOMESDAY BOOK 458
THE BEGINNING OF THE BERKSHIRE SECTION
Facsimiles prepared by F. Madan, M.A., Reader in Palæography in the University of Oxford.
A PORTION OF A PAGE OF DOMESDAY BOOK 466
THE BEGINNING OF THE BERKSHIRE SECTION
Facsimiles prepared by F. Madan, M.A., Reader in Palæography in the University of Oxford.
xCOINS
[1]PENNY OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR 62
[2]DENIER OF GEOFFREY MARTEL 95
[2]DENIER OF HENRY I. OF FRANCE 125
[2]DENIER OF CONAN II. OF BRITTANY 142
[2]PENNY OF HAROLD HARDRADA 179
[1]PENNY OF HAROLD II. 210
[2]DENIER OF BALDWIN OF LILLE 266
[2]PENNY OF SWEGN ESTUTHSON 303
[2]DENIER OF ROBERT LE FRISON 343
[2]DENIER OF PHILIP I. OF FRANCE 375
[3]PENNY OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 406406
[3]PENNY OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 456
[3]PENNY OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 501
GENEALOGICAL CHARTS FACING PAGE 502
TABLE A—THE DUCAL HOUSE OF NORMANDY
TABLE B—THE COUNTS OF BRITTANY
TABLE C—THE DESCENDANTS OF ARLETTE
TABLE D—THE COUNTS OF MAINE
xiTABLE E—THE COUNTS OF THE VEXIN
TABLE F—THE SUCCESSION IN 1066
TABLE G—THE COUNTS OF FLANDERS
TABLE H—THE EARLS OF NORTHUMBRIA
MAPS
MAP OF EASTERN NORMANDY AND THE BORDER COUNTIES 64
MAP OF YORKSHIRE IN 1066–1087 268
MAP OF WESTERN NORMANDY 360
MAP OF ENGLAND IN 1087 374
MAP OF EARLDOMS, MAY, 1068 412
MAP OF EARLDOMS, JANUARY, 1075 414
MAP OF EARLDOMS, SEPTEMBER, 1087 416
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