Chapter I.
Normandy.
A.D. 870-912
The Norman Conquest.Claim of William to the throne.The right of the strongest.
One of those great events in English history, which occur at distant intervals, and form, respectively, a sort of bound or landmark, to which all other events, preceding or following them for centuries, are referred, is what is called the Norman Conquest. The Norman Conquest was, in fact, the accession of William, duke of Normandy,...
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