- The Early Years of William - William's First Visit to England
- The Reign of William in Normandy - Harold's Oath to William -
The Negotiations of Duke William - William's Invasion of England
- The Conquest of England - The Settlement of England - The
Revolts against William - The Last Years of William The history
of England, like the land and its people, has been specially
insular, and yet no land has undergone deeper influences from
without. No land has owed more than England to the personal
action of men not of native birth. Britain was truly called
another world, in opposition to the world of the European
mainland, the world of Rome. In every age the history of Britain
is the history of an island, of an island great enough to form a
world of itself. In speaking of Celts or Teutons in Britain, we
are speaking, not simply of Celts and Teutons, but of Celts and
Teutons parted from their kinsfolk on the mainland, and brought
under the common influences of an island world. The land has
seen several settlement