Wace's Roman de Rou is both a valuable historical document and an important work of French literature. Composed during the 1160s and 1170s, it relates the origins of Normandy from the time of Hasting and Rollo (Rou) and continues as far as the battle of Tinchebray in 1106.

This volume is based on two international conferences held in 2013 and 2014 at Ariano Irpino, and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. It contains essays by leading scholars in the field. Like the conferences, the volume seeks to enhance interdisciplinary and international dialogue between those who work on the Normans and their conquests in northern and southern Europe in an original way. It has as its central theme issues related to cultural transfer, treated as being of a pan-European kind across the societies that the Normans conquered and as occurring within the distinct societies of the northern and southern conquests. These issues are also shown to be an aspect of the interaction between the Normans and the peoples they subjugated, among whom many then settled.

Traces the origin of supposedly Norman surnames.

A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: The Norman Conquest. An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought. This new history explains why the Norman Conquest was the most significant cultural and military episode in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror’s attack. Morris writes with passion, verve, and scrupulous concern for historical accuracy. This is the definitive account for our times of an extraordinary story, indeed the pivotal moment in the shaping of the English nation.

A radical retelling of the most important event in English history - the Norman invasion of 1066.

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On the 14th October 1066 the fate of England was changed forever. Harold Godwinson lay dead on the battlefield and William, the Duke of Normandy, would soon be crowned King of England. No longer would Anglo-Saxons or Vikings rule England; this was the age of the Normans. Renowned scholar, Edward A. Freeman, gives a fascinating overview of this momentous event in European history. Freeman uncovers the origins of the Norman people and their impact that they made across Europe, from Scandinavia down to Sicily, as well as providing an outline of England prior to 1066 and an account of all the major figures who took part in the conquest. Particularly fascinating is Freeman's analysis of how William asserted his rule after the battle and forced the formerly Anglo-Saxon kingdom to become a Norman one with a new landowning class. This work is essential reading for anyone interested in the medieval period and who wishes to learn more about one of the most important events in English history. Frank Barlow stated that Freeman was extremely well qualified to study and write on the Norman Conquest as he had "a good knowledge of languages, including Anglo-Saxon, and an interest in field archaeology and architecture, with the ability to sketch buildings and their features. Above all, he had tremendous zest." Edward A. Freeman was Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford whose most famous work was the six volume The History of the Norman Conquest of England. published between 1867 and 1879. This shortened version of that work was published in 1880. He died in 1892.