The Normans; told chiefly in relation to their conquest of EnglandJewett, Sarah Orne
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The Normans; told chiefly in relation to their conquest of England
Jewett, Sarah Orne
Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154; Normans
Richard the Fearless, 62; boyhood of, 66; made duke, 68; sent to
Laon, 71; charters of, 84; death of, 89
Richard the Good, 90; character of, 92; unruly subjects of, 96;
first peer of France, 99; marriage of, 101; war with Burgundy, 106;
war with Dreux, 108; death at Fécamp, 111
Richard the Third Duke, 110; becomes duke, 112; is poisoned, 113
Robert Curt-hose, 333; inherits Normandy, 339, 345; his character,
350; goes on pilgrimage, 351; imprisonment, 357
Robert of Eu, 282
Robert of France, 98; wit of, 99
Robert Guiscard, 134; reaches Amalfi, 141; becomes duke, 142
Robert of Jumièges, 193
Robert the Magnificent, 112; bad name of, 114; enemy of England,
118; marries the tanner's daughter, 122; goes on pilgrimage, 125;
dies, 129
Robert the Staller, 273, 300
Roger of Beaumont, 282, 322
Roger of Toesny, 195; colony in Spain, 196
Rögnwald, Jarl, of Möre, 31, 44
Rolf Ganger, ships, 29; profession, 32; siege of Rouen, 35; good
government, 41; made duke, 42; christened, 45; married Gisla, 45;
death, 50; tomb at Rouen, typical character, 53; tower in Rouen,
78; hall in Rouen, 121; Cnut's likeness to, 157, 278, 282, 306
Romance language, 55
/Roman de Rou/, 94, 112, 204, 209, 267, 340
Roman roads, 92
Rome, Church of, 118
Rouen, 20; siege of, 35; Rolf's wedding in, 45; Rolf's palace
in, 50; Richard the Fearless' coronation in, 69; ruins in, 86;
reception of William and Matilda in, 236
Rudolph of Burgundy, 57
Rye, castle of, 200
S
Sagamen, 8
Sandwich, 288
Salle, 212
Sanglac, battle of, 104
Saxons, 287
Scandinavian peninsula, 1-3
Sea-kings, 9
Senlac, 304, 309
Shakespeare, 91
Sicily, 131, 139; Norman ruins in, 145; aids William, 285;
crusades of, 350
Siward of Northumberland, 258
Slavery, William's suppression of, 332
Spain, 20, 25, 306
Sperling, 80, 152
Stamford Bridge, battle of, 293, 298, 305
Stephen of Blois, 358
Stephen of Boulogne, 358
Stigand, 273
St. Michel's Mount, 101
Sturlesson, Snorro, 28
St. Valery, 297
Sussex, 288, 290, 299
Swegen, King of Denmark, 175
T
Taillefer the minstrel, 306
Taxes, 352
Tennyson, Lord, 28
/Terra Regis/, 318
Thurkill the sacristan, 303
Tillières, 109; siege of, 136; castle of, 250
Tostig, 287, 292
Truce of God, 165
Turf-Einar, 32
V
Val-ès-dunes, battle of, 205; changes since, 247
Valmeray, 205
Valognes, William's escape from, 199
Varaville, battle of, 251
Vaudreuil, 152
Venerable Bede, the, 218
Venosa (tomb of the Hautevilles), 146
Vermandois, Count of, 56; death of, 63
Vexin, district of the, 125, 337, 348
Vigr, island of, 29
Vikings, 9, 366
Vinland, 18
W
Wace, Master, 112, see /Roman de Rou/.
Walter Giffard, 282
Walter Tyrrel, 353
Waltham, abbey of, 254, 303
Waltheof, 320
Westminster, 191, 269, 302, 311, 314, 353
Wight, isle of, 288; Odo's rendezvous in, 336
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