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William I (Penguin Monarchs)

by Marc Morris

Book 22 in the Penguin Monarchs series.

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Marc Morris recounts how William the Conqueror turned a disputed claim into the conquest of England. The book follows his difficult rise in Normandy, preparations for invasion, victory at Hastings and the campaigns required to suppress resistance and establish Norman rule.

Conquest transformed landholding, aristocracy, government and the Church while binding England more closely to continental Europe. Morris examines the violence of the settlement, including the harrying of the north, alongside William’s administrative innovations and the dynastic problems that divided his territories after his death.

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