"In 2010, David Bates presented the Ford Lectures in British History at the University of Oxford ... [this] book was born from these lectures. It provides an interpretative analysis of the history of the cross-Channel empire created by William the Conqueror in 1066 to its end in 1204 when the duchy of Normandy was conquered by the French king, Philip Augustus, the so-called 'Loss of Normandy'. Bates proposes that historians of the Normans can learn from the methods of social scientists and historians of other periods of history - such as making use of such tools as life-stories and biographies - and he employs such methods to offer an interpretative history of the Normans, as well as a broader history of England, the British Isles, and Northern France in the eleventh and twelfth centuries."--Provided by publisher.
The Normans and empire
The experience of empire
William the conqueror as maker of empire
Hegemony
Core, periphery, and networks
Empire : from beginning to end.
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The Normans and empire : the Ford Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford during Hilary Term 2010 by David Bates. ISBN 9780199674411. Published by Oxford University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
