The Chronicle of the Norman Conquest

About this eBook

Author

Wace, 1100?-1175?

Title

Master Wace, His Chronicle of the Norman Conquest From the Roman De Rou

Credits

Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Great Britain -- History -- William I, 1066-1087

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41163

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41163

Release Date

October 24, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.BY EDGAR TAYLOR ESQ. F.S.A. — CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. — INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.THE CHRONICLE. — PROLOGUE CONCERNING THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK, SETTING FORTH HIS INTENT AND DEGREE. — CHAPTER I. — HOW WILLIAM BECAME DUKE, AND HOW HIS BARONS REVOLTED AGAINST HIM. — CHAPTER II. — HOW THE KING OF FRANCE CAME; AND OF THE BATTLE THAT WAS FOUGHT AT VAL DES DUNES. — CHAPTER III. — HOW CANUTE DIED, AND ALFRED FELL BY TREASON; AND HOW EDWARD AFTERWARDS BECAME KING. — CHAPTER IV. — THE REVOLT OF WILLIAM OF ARQUES; AND HOW HE AND THE KING OF FRANCE WERE FOILED BY DUKE WILLIAM. — CHAPTER V. — HOW THE KING OF FRANCE INVADED NORMANDY, AND WAS BEATEN AT MORTEMER. — CHAPTER VI. — HOW THE KING OF FRANCE CAME AGAIN AGAINST DUKE WILLIAM, AND WAS DEFEATED AT VARAVILLE. — CHAPTER VII. — HOW WILLIAM PROSPERED, AND HOW HE WENT TO ENGLAND TO VISIT KING EDWARD; AND WHO GODWIN WAS. — CHAPTER VIII. — OF HAROLD'S JOURNEY TO NORMANDY, AND WHAT HE DID THERE. — CHAPTER IX. — HOW KING EDWARD DIED, AND HAROLD WAS CROWNED IN HIS STEAD; AND HOW DUKE WILLIAM TOOK COUNSEL AGAINST HIM. — CHAPTER X. — HOW THE BARONS MET AT LILLEBONNE, AND WHAT AID THEY AGREED TO GIVE. — CHAPTER XI. — HOW THE NORMAN HOST MET AT ST. VALERY, AND SAILED THENCE. — CHAPTER XII. — HOW THE DUKE AND HIS HOST LANDED NEAR TO HASTINGS, AND MADE THEMSELVES A FORT. — CHAPTER XIII. — HOW AN ENGLISH KNIGHT RODE TO HAROLD WHO WAS FIGHTING TOSTI; AND WHAT MESSAGE WAS SENT BY THE DUKE. — CHAPTER XIV. — HOW THE ENGLISH CONSULTED, AND WENT TO MEET THE NORMAN HOST; AND HAROLD AND GURTH WENT FORTH TO RECONNOITRE. — CHAPTER XV. — WHAT FURTHER PARLEY WAS HAD BETWEEN THE KING AND DUKE WILLIAM BEFORE THE BATTLE. — CHAPTER XVI. — HOW BOTH HOSTS PASSED THE NIGHT AND MADE READY FOR BATTLE; AND HOW THE DUKE EXHORTED HIS MEN. — CHAPTER XVII. — WHO WAS CHOSEN TO BEAR THE DUKE'S GONFANON IN THE BATTLE. — CHAPTER XVIII. — HOW THE MEN OF ENGLAND MADE READY, AND WHO THEY WERE. — CHAPTER XIX. — HOW THE THREE NORMAN COMPANIES MOVED ON TO ATTACK THE ENGLISH. — CHAPTER XX. — HOW TAILLEFER SANG, AND THE BATTLE BEGAN. — CHAPTER XXI. — HOW THE ARCHERS SMOTE HAROLD'S EYE; AND WHAT STRATAGEM THE NORMANS USED. — CHAPTER XXII. — THE ROLL OF THE NORMAN CHIEFS; AND THEIR DEEDS. — CHAPTER XXIII. — THE ROLL OF THE NORMAN LORDS CONTINUED. — CHAPTER XXIV. — WHAT DEEDS OF ARMS DUKE WILLIAM DID; AND HOW HAROLD WAS SLAIN AND THE ENGLISH FLED. — CHAPTER XXV. — HOW WILLIAM WAS CROWNED KING; AND HOW HE AT LAST FELL ILL AT ROUEN — CHAPTER XXVI. — HOW WILLIAM DIED, AND WAS BURIED AT CAEN. — CONCLUSION — KING WILLIAM'S CHARACTER, FROM THE SAXON CHRONICLE [1] . — APPENDIX — OF — ADDITIONAL NOTES AND CORRECTIONS. — INDEX.

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