Armstrong, Isobel et al., editors. Nineteenth-Century Women Poets. Clarendon Press, 1996.
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King William I
Standard Name: William I, King
Used Form: William the Conqueror
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Caroline Clive | CC
's mother, Anna Maria Meysey
, was the only surviving daughter and heiress of Charles Watkins Meysey
, whose family descended from the lineage of William the Conqueror
. She died in 1836. |
| Literary Setting | Charlotte Yonge | The hero, Richard
(ancestor of William the Conqueror
), is eight years old in 943 AD, when his father is murdered and he becomes Duke of Normandy. As he grows up he has to learn... |
| Literary Setting | Radagunda Roberts | The action takes place in Edinburgh immediately after the reign of Shakespeare
's Macbeth (whose leading character is, however, seldom mentioned), soon after the conquest of England by William the Conqueror
. Malcolm loves and... |
| Literary Setting | Elizabeth Hervey | This novel concerns the ancient Welsh family of L'Esterling, their family seat, St Siffrid's Castle (with terraced gardens and a church that was once a cathedral, granted to them by William the Conqueror
), and... |
| Literary Setting | Henrietta Rouviere Mosse | The title-page quotes Shakespeare
, who is then cited in the preface to justify the genre of historical fiction. HRM
mentions her consultations of records and documents, and expresses her thanks to the gentlemen of... |
| politics | Mary Lady Chudleigh | When she addresses Queen Anne
in poetry, MLC
speaks for those Whigs who had allied themselves with the queen and counted on her promise of toleration for Dissenters. She seeks to promote continuity between Anne's... |
| Textual Features | Claire Luckham | Instead, The Choice weaves together two stories: one in which a writer in her late forties recalls growing up with a brother with Down's Syndrome, and the other in which a couple learn that their... |
| Textual Production | Jean Plaidy | JP
's Norman trilogy began with The Bastard King, 1974, about William the Conqueror
, and also included The Lion of Justice (1975) and The Passionate Enemies (1976). Plaidy, Jean. Epitaph for Three Women. Putnam, 1983. prelims British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Textual Production | Julia Pardoe | JP
's first novel was the four-volume romanceLord Morcar of Hereward, A Romance of the Times of William the Conqueror, published in 1829. It was followed by Speculation, published by 10 May... |
| Textual Production | Georgette Heyer | GH
published a number of biographies, including The Conqueror, 1931 (about William I
before 1066), and Royal Escape, 1938 (about the flight of the future Charles II
after the Battle of Worcester on... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Ann Hawkshaw | The sonnets suggest an ecumenical religious attitude, as in the opening to The Druids: Man's heart could listen then, as now, and hear / The voice of God that speaketh evermore. Hawkshaw, Ann. Sonnets on Anglo—Saxon History. John Chapman, 1854. 7 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anne Manning | In these medieval stories characters reveal themselves and their motives in speeches or dramatic monologues (a method of history writing—practised from antiquity, and used in English by, for instance, Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland
—which may... |
Timeline
25 December 1066: William of Normandy assumed the throne of...
National or international item
25 December 1066
William of Normandy
assumed the throne of England after the death of Edward the Confessor
, and after defeating Harold
at the Battle of Hastings in Sussex.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
34
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
424
1086: William the Conqueror ordered the compilation,...
National or international item
1086
William the Conqueror
ordered the compilation, for tax purposes, of an unprecedentedly detailed survey of his new lands in England; this inventory was popularly called Domesday Book.
Bryant, Arthur. The Story of England: Makers of the Realm. Collins, 1953.
170-1
26 September 1087: King William I died, and William II acceded...
National or international item
26 September 1087
King William I
died, and William II
acceded to the throne of England.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
34-5
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
425
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