 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1870 - 802 pages
...time. Moreover, " Conqusestor " hardly means " Conqueror " in the common use of that word, but rather " Acquirer," or " Purchaser," in the wider legal sense...word " purchase." A former colleague of mine in the Ozford Schools always made a point of describing him as " William the Purchaser." But the title of... | |
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1877 - 758 pages
...time. Moreover, " Conqusestor" hardly means " Conqueror" in the common use of that word, but rather " Acquirer," or " Purchaser," in the wider legal sense of the word "purchase." A colleague of mine in the Oxford Schools always made a point of describing him as "William the Purchaser."... | |
 | Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann - 1923 - 1010 pages
...Moreover, ' Conquaestor ' hardly means ' Conqueror ' in the common sense of that word, but rather ' Acquirer ' or ' Purchaser,' in the wider legal sense of the word ' purchase.' " — The Norman Conquest of England, by Prof. EA Freeman, MA, 3rd ed., Vol. II., p. 175. In addition... | |
 | 1880 - 576 pages
...these : " ' Con•quoestor' hardly means 'conqueror' in the common sense of that word, but rather ' acquirer ' or ' purchaser' in the wider legal sense of the word ' purchase'" (Norman Conquest, vol. ii. p. 581, 1st ed.). "The word ' conquisivit ' does not imply conquest by force... | |
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... one that a certain amount of confusion is involved in the familiar description of the great King-Duke as William the Conqueror. He is not often called " Conqueestor" by writers of or near his own time. Moreover, " Conqusestor" hardly means " Conqueror"... 