 | Leopold von Ranke - 1875 - 770 pages
...years before Robert Guiscard had become duke, so now a Norman duke was to become king, in the service of the Church. The Normans were still divided in their...but when this news arrived, all opposition ceased, for in the service of S. Peter and the Church men believed themselves secure of success ; then lay... | |
 | Robert Henlopen Labberton - 1885 - 144 pages
...William's danghter and a part of the land, as an independent possession, had been promised him. However we may decide as to the details told us about his relations...but when this news arrived all opposition ceased. Tho invasion of England by Tostig (Harold's brother) and Harold Hardrada, King of Norway, which was... | |
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However we may decide as to the details told us about his relations to Edward and Harold, it seems undeniable that William had received provisional promises from both. William submitted his claims to the English throne to the Roman See. Pope Alexander... 