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Bates, David, 1945-

The Normans and empire : The Ford Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford during Hilary Term 2010 / David Bates. - First Edition. - xv, 237 pages ; 24 cm

"In 2010, David Bates presented the Ford Lectures in British History at the University of Oxford ... [this] book was born from these lectures. It provides an interpretative analysis of the history of the cross-Channel empire created by William the Conqueror in 1066 to its end in 1204 when the duchy of Normandy was conquered by the French king, Philip Augustus, the so-called 'Loss of Normandy'. Bates proposes that historians of the Normans can learn from the methods of social scientists and historians of other periods of history - such as making use of such tools as life-stories and biographies - and he employs such methods to offer an interpretative history of the Normans, as well as a broader history of England, the British Isles, and Northern France in the eleventh and twelfth centuries."--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Normans and empire;
The experience of empire;
William the conqueror as maker of empire;
Hegemony;
Core, periphery, and networks;
Empire : from beginning to end.

ISBN: 0199674418 (hardback) 9780199674411 (hardback)

LCCN: 2013945610

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Normans--Great Britain.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Colonies.

LC Class. No.: DA195 / .B285 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 942.02 BAT