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Book SynopsisBrian Golding was formerly Reader in History at the University of Southampton, UK.
Trade ReviewPraise for the revised first edition: 'A very good survey, whose clarity is much appreciated by students.' - Professor David Bates, University of Glasgow, UK '...an ideal survey for an undergraduate audience...' - Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History Reviews of the first edition: 'Brian Golding's Conquest and Colonisation provides a valuable map of the terrain, including Wales and Scotland as well as England and Normandy ... it is (a book) which can be read with great profit both by specialists and by undergraduates, to whom it will come as a particular boon.' - Ann Williams, English Historical Review 'Mr Golding's scholarly work sheds a welcome shaft of sense and realism on these formative years.' - The Cornish Banner Praise for the second edition: 'Golding's Conquest and Colonisation has long been an excellent first port of call for students of the Norman Conquest, that pivotal event in European history. This revised edition brings an interpretation that remains both authoritative and engaging fully up to date with current debates' - Charles West, Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Sheffield, UK
Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgements 1. Maps 2. The Sources 3. Prelude to the Conquest 4. The Norman Conquest, 1066-1100 5. Settlement and Colonisation 6. Governing the Conquered 7. Military Organisation 8. A Colonial Church? 9. Anglo-Norman England Notes Select Bibliography Index.
