Reference books
Guillaume le Conquérant : bâtard de Falaise, duc de Normandie, roi d'Angleterre, 1027-1087
by Annie Fettu (Author)
Editor: Téqui (12th November 2000)
ISBN-10: 2912925215
ISBN-13: 978-2912925213
This booklet depicts the destiny of an exceptional, intelligent and determined man, who successfully led the most formidable military expedition of his time. Born in Falaise out of wedlock, Duke of Normandy then King of England, he was to endow England with stable institutions and to offer Normandy unprecedented economic development and intellectual influence. This...
Sur les pas de Guillaume le Conquérant
by J.-F. Séhier (Author)
Editor: Editions Ouest-France (10th March 2003)
Collection: Itinéraires de découvertes
Language: French
ISBN-10: 2737331420
ISBN-13: 978-2737331428
"I dreamt that a tree was emerging from my body and was growing upwards towards the sky; the whole of Normandy was covered by its shadow." Such was beautiful Arlette's premonitory dream, as related by the poet Robert Wace, after...
Guillaume le Conquérant
by Bertrand Solet (Author)
Editor: Editions des Falaises (17th November 2006)
Collection: De 9 à 99 ans
Language: French
ISBN-10: 2950733182
ISBN-13: 978-2950733184
By following Taillefer, one of his companions, discover the life and works of William the Conqueror, but also day-to-day life in 11th century Normandy: his battles, his loves and his joys... William successfully developed his dukedom into a rich and powerful territory.