The Norman Conquest
A round up of the latest texts on the complex subject of the Norman Conquest.
Advice on reading the history of the Norman Conquest is easy to give. Start with the massive output of books, articles, notes and aids inflicted on the English-speaking world in 1966 to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Move on to what is threatening to be the even more formidable production of the Domesday Book circus in 1986. Fill in one or two discreet gaps. Pay homage to E.A. Freeman, F.W. Maitland, and J.H. Round: and the tally is complete. At which point the patient reader asks how many years shall he put aside for the exercise; and the impatient resorts to unscholarly language.
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