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HISTORY OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST.

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1930

THE HISTORY

OF THE

NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND,

ITS CAUSES AND ITS RESULTS.

BY

EDWARD A. FREEMAN, Μ.Α.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE.

VOLUME I.

THE PRELIMINARY HISTORY TO THE ELECTION OF EADWARD THE CONFESSOR.

Αἰνέσωμεν δὴ ἄνδρας ἐνδόξους, καὶ τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν τῇ γενέσει .... κυριεύοντες
ἐν ταῖς βασιλείαις αὐτῶν.... βουλεύσονται ἐν συνέσει αὐτῶν.... ἡγούμενοι λαοῦ
ἐν διαβουλίοις. -Ecclus. c. xliv.

Oxford:

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

M.DCCC.LXVII.