TABLE OF CONTENTS

DATE   Page
. The Character of the Saxons and Normans contrasted 1
1069. The Harrying of the North 3
1070. The Resistance in the Fens 5
1070. The Depression of the English 7
. Norman Measures after the Conquest, and the Fusion of the Races 8
. The Statutes of William the Conqueror 11
. The Ordeal of the Glowing Iron 12
. Ordinance of William I., separating the Spiritual and Temporal Courts 13
1072. The Vindication of a Saxon Saint 14
1072. Ordinance of the Council touching the Dispute between Canterbury and York as to the Primacy 15
1074. The Revival of Monasticism 17
1074. The Conspiracy of the Earls 18
c. 1080. The Crown and the Papacy: the Conqueror’s Letter to Hildebrand 20
1083. Norman Abbots and Saxon Monks 21
1085. The Nature of Domesday Book 22
1085. The Domesday Commission 23
1085. The Form of the Domesday Inquest 24
. The Domesday Description of Shrewsbury 24
1086. The Salisbury Oath of Fealty 26
. Homage and Fealty 26
1087. The Endowment of Battle Abbey 27
. Character of William the Conqueror and of His Reign 30
. Forests and the Royal Love of Hunting 33
. The Training and Temperament of William Rufus 34
1088. The Rebellion of Bishop Odo 36
1088. Royal Procedure against a Bishop 39
1093. The Illness of William Rufus, and the Appointment of Anselm as Archbishop of Canterbury 44
1093–94. The Quarrel of William Rufus and Anselm 48
1095. The First Crusade 52
1097. The Pawning of Normandy 54
1098. The Jews under William Rufus 54
1100. The Death of William Rufus 56
. The Character of the Reign of William Rufus 57
. The Foundation of the Cistercian Order by Stephen Harding 58
. Fashions at the Courts of William Rufus and Henry I. 61
1101. The Charter of Henry I. 61
1100. Henry I.’s Apology to Anselm for being Crowned in the Latter’s Absence 64
1100–1107. The Investiture Controversy 65
1105. Oppressive Taxation under Henry I. 71
1106. The Battle of Tenchebrai 73
1107. Consolidation of the Power of Henry I. 73
. Charter of Liberties to the City of London 74
1108. Social Evils and Drastic Punishments 76
1120. The Shipwreck of William, son of Henry I. 77
. A Norman Prelate 79
. The Organisation of the Exchequer 81
. The Development of Exchequer Procedure in Relation to Royal Revenue 82
1126. The Oath of the Barons to Support the Succession of Matilda the Empress 85
1123. The Disputed Election of an Archbishop of Canterbury 86
. The Death and Character of Henry I. 88
1135. The Accession of Stephen 89
1135. The Perjury of the Barons 92
1136. The Coronation Oath of King Stephen 92
. Feudal Anarchy 94
1136. Wales and the Welsh 96
1138. The Battle of the Standard 97
1139. Stephen’s Attack on the Bishops 101
. The Character and Career of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury 107
1141. The Battle of Lincoln 110
1141. The Deposition of Stephen 111
. The Career of Geoffrey de Mandeville 114
. The Treaty of Peace Between Stephen and Henry 117