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History of England, From the Earliest Times to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Eight
History of England From the Earliest Times to the Year Eighteen Hundred and FiftyEight Author:James White General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1860 Original Publisher: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge Subjects: Great Britain England History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General... more » Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER JI. WILLIAM THE' SECOND A. D. 1087 TO A. D. 1100. CONTEMPORARY SOVEREIGNS. Frakce. -- Philip I., the Fair. Scotland. -- Malcolm III., Canmore; Donald VII., the Bane; Duncan II.; Edgar. Popes. -- Victor III.; Urban II.; Pascal H. 11. Accession of William II. (Rufus). -- § 2. Conspiracies formed against the new sovereign. Quarrels among tlie Normans. -- § 3. Rebellion of Odo, Bishop of Bayeux. -- § 4. The relative positions of England and the Duchy of Normandy. Quarrels between the king and his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy. -- § 5. Interest of the Norman barons in uniting England and Normandy under the same sovereign. Henry of Normandy. Robert's amiable character. -- § 6. Character of William. A tyrant and a bigot. Death of the learned Iianfranc. -- § 7. William seeks a quarrel with Scotland, and defeats King Malcolm. -- § 8. Excessive taxation and general discontent. Conspiracy of the Norman lords. -- § 9. Commencement of the Crusades. IVter the Hermit. Godfrey de Bouillon. -- § 10. Robert of Normandy pledges the ducal crown to enable him to join the Crusaders. William s continued exactions. -- § 11. Contests between the Church and State. Quarrel with Archbishop Anselin. Struggle between the throne and the Pope. -- § 12. William shot by an arrow. Dies equally detested by England and the Normans. -- § 13. Various conjectures as to his death. § 1. When the Conqueror lay at the point of death, and was making a disposition of his States, he had nominated his eldest son R...« less