The Military Organization of Norman EnglandClarendon Press, 1965 - 319 pages |
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Page 15
... warriors was in operation . The evidence suggests that in these districts ( which correspond roughly with the areas of the heaviest Danish settlements ) the warrior for the select fyrd was produced and supported by inhabitants of units ...
... warriors was in operation . The evidence suggests that in these districts ( which correspond roughly with the areas of the heaviest Danish settlements ) the warrior for the select fyrd was produced and supported by inhabitants of units ...
Page 241
... warriors.2 The calculations on which this conclusion is based are themselves somewhat hypothetical , and the figure is therefore merely approximate , but it is probably not greatly in error . The Peterborough Descriptio accounts for ...
... warriors.2 The calculations on which this conclusion is based are themselves somewhat hypothetical , and the figure is therefore merely approximate , but it is probably not greatly in error . The Peterborough Descriptio accounts for ...
Page 252
... warriors in great numbers joined the royal army . William of Malmesbury relates that the king showed his English warriors how to use their shields against a cavalry charge and how to return the strokes of the enemy , thereby causing the ...
... warriors in great numbers joined the royal army . William of Malmesbury relates that the king showed his English warriors how to use their shields against a cavalry charge and how to return the strokes of the enemy , thereby causing the ...
Contents
THE COMING OF NORMAN FEUDALISM | 14 |
THE KNights fee | 43 |
THE KINGS FEUDAL ARMY | 72 |
Copyright | |
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abbey abbot Anglo Anglo-Norman arrière-ban assessed baronial Bayeux bishop campaign Cartae carucates castle guard charter chevauchée Chron Chronicle commutation D. C. Douglas danegeld Danelaw Descriptio Domesday Book duke duty Earl enfeoffments England English feudalism Englishmen estates Evesham evidence exercitu feudal army feudal host feudal military fief Fitz five hides five-hide unit force forty days Frank Stenton Guilhiermoz H.F. xxiii Henry II hidage Hollister honour host service ibid infantry Inquest J. H. Round king's knight service knight's fee land later lord Medieval mercenaries military obligation military service milites militum monarchy Norman Conquest Norman feudalism Norman kings Normandy Old English Ordericus owed Peterborough Pipe Roll post-Conquest pre-Conquest quotas Regis Robert Robert Curthose Round royal scutage scutage rate select fyrd sergeants serve service term servicium debitum sokemen Stenton sub-feudal summoned tenants-in-chief tenure thegn tion twelfth century vassals vols wages warriors William of Malmesbury William the Conqueror Worcester