Historians have long debated the significance of the Norman Conquest. Did it mark the imposition of an alien and repressive regime on "free Englishmen"? Or did England benefit from the uniting of two separate and disparate cultures and civilizations? Marjorie Chibnall, one of the leading historians of the period, here addresses these issues.
List of Maps. Preface.
Introduction.
Part I: Conquest and Settlement:.
1. The First Phases of Conquest.
2. The Moving Frontiers.
3. Settlement and Succession..
Part II: Wealth and Government:.
4. From Doomsday Book to the Pipe Rolls.
5. The Wealth of England.
Part III: Law and Society:.
6. Towards a Common Law.
7. Serfdom and Villeinage: the Manorial Courts.
8. Canon Law and the Church Courts.
9. Normans and English.
Epilogue.
Appendix 1: Claimants to the English Throne 1066-1100.
Appendix 2: The Ancestors of Henry II.
Further Reading.
Bibliography of Abbreviated Titles.
Index.
