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       Sarah Orne Jewett

      The Normans; told chiefly in relation to their conquest of England

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066234744

       Descendants of ROLF (DUKES OF THE NORMANS)

       I. THE MEN OF THE DRAGON SHIPS.

       II. ROLF THE GANGER.

       III. WILLIAM LONGSWORD.

       IV. RICHARD THE FEARLESS.

       V. DUKE RICHARD THE GOOD.

       VI. ROBERT THE MAGNIFICENT.

       VII. THE NORMANS IN ITALY.

       VIII. THE YOUTH OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.

       IX. ACROSS THE CHANNEL.

       X. THE BATTLE OF VAL-ÈS-DUNES.

       XI. THE ABBEY OF BEC.

       XII. MATILDA OF FLANDERS.

       XIII. HAROLD THE ENGLISHMAN.

       XIV. NEWS FROM ENGLAND.

       XV. THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS.

       XVI. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.

       XVII. KINGDOM AND DUKEDOM.

       XVIII. CONCLUSION.

       INDEX.

       (DUKES OF THE NORMANS)

       Table of Contents

Parent Child
ROLF, First Duke of the Normans, r. 911–927. WILLIAM LONGSWORD, r. 927–943.
WILLIAM LONGSWORD, r. 927–943. RICHARD THE FEARLESS, r. 943–996.
RICHARD THE FEARLESS, r. 943–996. RICHARD THE GOOD, r. 996–1026.
Emma, m. 1. Æthelred II. of England; m. 2. Cnut of England and Denmark.
RICHARD THE GOOD, r. 996–1026. RICHARD III, r. 1026–1028.
ROBERT THE MAGNIFICENT, r. 1028–1035.
ROBERT THE MAGNIFICENT, r. 1028–1035. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR r. 1035–1087.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, r. 1035–1087. ROBERT II., r. 1087–1096 (from 1096 to 1100 the Duchy was held by his brother William), and 1100–1106 (when he was overthrown at Tinchebrai by his brother Henry).
WILLIAM RUFUS, r. 1096–1100.
HENRY I., r. 1106–1135.
Adela, m. Stephen, Count of Blois.
Adela, m. Stephen, Count of Blois. STEPHEN OF BLOIS, s. 1135.
HENRY I., r. 1106–1135. Matilda, m. GEOFFRY COUNT OF ANJOU AND MAINE (who won the Duchy from Stephen).
Matilda, m. GEOFFRY COUNT OF ANJOU AND MAINE (who won the Duchy from Stephen). HENRY II., invested with the Duchy, 1150, d. 1189.
HENRY II., invested with the Duchy, 1150, d. 1189. RICHARD THE LION-HEART, r. 1189–1199.
JOHN, r. 1199–1204 (when Normandy was conquered by France).

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      DUKES OF THE NORMANS.

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      THE STORY OF THE NORMANS.

       THE MEN OF THE DRAGON SHIPS.

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      "Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam,

       Survey our empire and behold our home."—Byron.

      TOC, INDX The gulf stream flows so near to the southern coast of Norway, and to the Orkneys and Western Islands, that their climate is much less severe than might be supposed. Yet no one can help wondering why they were formerly so much more populous than now, and why the people who came westward even so long ago as the great Aryan migration, did not persist in turning aside to the more fertile countries that lay farther southward. In spite of all their disadvantages, the Scandinavian peninsula, and the sterile islands of the northern seas, were inhabited by men and women whose enterprise and intelligence ranked them above their neighbors.

      Now, with the

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