Chapter VII: William I. 1066--1087

1. The First Months of the Conquest. 1066--1067 101

2. The Conquest of the West and North. 1067--1069 102

3. The Completion of the Conquest. 1070 103

4. Hereward's Revolt and the Homage of Malcolm.
1070--1072 103

5. How William kept down the English 104

6. How William kept down the Normans 105

7. Ecclesiastical Organisation. 106

8. Pope Gregory VII. 107

9. William and Gregory VII. 108

10. The Rising of the Earls. 1075 110

11. The New Forest 110

12. Domesday Book. 1085--1086 111

13. William's Great Councils 112

14. The Gemot at Salisbury. 1086 113

15. William's Death. 1087 114

CHAPTER VIII.

WILLIAM II. 1087--1100.

1. The Accession of the Red King. 1087 114

2. The Wickedness of the Red King 115

3. Ranulf Flambard 116

4. Feudal Dues 116

5. Archbishop Anselm 117

6. The Council of Rockingham. 1095 118

7. William II. and his Brothers 118

8. William and Scotland. 1093--1094 119

9. Mowbray's Rebellion. 1095 120

10. The First Crusade. 1095--1099 120

11. Normandy in Pledge. 1096 121

12. The Last Years of the Red King 121

13. The Death of the Red King. 1100 122