 | 1865 - 632 pages
...a protector, acted far more commonly .as an enemy — William was, thus, through the whole of liis early life, beset by troubles, none of which were...his own making, and he came honourably out of all of them. His duchy, from a divided state open to the attacks of every enemy, became under him a loyal... | |
 | Dawson William Turner - 1865 - 184 pages
...of the pleasure he will have in reading it. more commonly as an enemy — William was thus, through the whole of his early life, beset by troubles, none of which were of his own making, and he cume honourably out of all of them. His duchy, from a divided state open to the attacks of every enemy,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1868 - 726 pages
...his Duchy under every His early disadvantage. At once bastard and minor, with com- BtruSg espetitors for his coronet arising at every moment, with turbulent...than a change from anarchy to good order. Instead ;D >jor. of a state, torn by internal feuds and open to the attacks mandyof every enemy, his Duchy... | |
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1873 - 510 pages
...over-lord. He came to his Duchy under every disadvantage. At once bastard and minor, with competitors for his coronet arising at every moment, with turbulent...change which William wrought in Normandy was nothing less than a change from anarchy to good order. Instead of a state torn by internal feuds and open to... | |
 | Katharine Sarah Macquoid - 1874 - 592 pages
...that jealous over-lord. He came to his Duchy under every disadvantage. At once bastard and minor, .... he was throughout the whole of his early life beset...change which William wrought in Normandy was nothing less than a change from anarchy to good order. .... " In the face of every obstacle, the mighty genius... | |
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1877 - 760 pages
...over-lord. He came to his duchy under every disadvantage. At once bastard and minor, with competitors for his coronet arising at every moment, with turbulent...were of his own making, and he came honourably out Excellence of all. The change which William wrought in Normandy in Nor- was nothing less than a change... | |
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1877 - 758 pages
...over-lord. He came to his duchy under every disadvantage. At once bastard and minor, with competitors for his coronet arising at every moment, with turbulent...throughout the whole of his early life beset by troubles, noiie of which were of his own making, and he came honourably out Excellence of all. The change which... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...overlord. He came to his duchy under every disadvantage. At once bastard and minor, with competitors for his coronet arising at every moment, with turbulent...change which William wrought in Normandy was nothing less than a change from anarchy to good order. Instead of a state torn by internal feuds and open to... | |
 | John Gillingham - 2003 - 262 pages
...that William 'came to his Duchy with every disadvantage. At once bastard and minor, with competitors for his coronet arising at every moment, with turbulent...hold in check and envious neighbours to guard against . . .'2 Yet ideas of the kind which the quotation epitomises remained deeply influential throughout... | |
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He turned a jealous over-lord into an effective ally against his rebellious subjects, and he turned those rebellious subjects into faithful supporters against that jealous over-lord. He came to his Duchy under every disadvantage. At once bastard and minor,... 