The History of England from the Norman Conquest - to the Death of John (1066-1216)

George Burton Adams

Capitolo 19

what you/he/she could finally be roused. For thirty years, he had at least, in name
dominated on Normandy, and he came to the throne of England with a long
experiments behind him of fight against the disparities, of controlling a
turbulent barony, and of the anarchy of dizziness in the good order.

William was finally crowned and it consecrated king of the English. But the
kingdom on which he could practice some true rule embraced a little anymore
what a the earth through which he indeed was passed;  and he/she anchors this fact
you/he/she must not be understand for intending too much. He had really conquered England,
and not being was not avoiding the result there. Nevertheless all the
difficulties that anchor witnessed him in to find possession of his
kingdom and the length of time in front of the last long resistance it was
subdued, there is not wherever evidence of a really national movement
against him. Turned local there was alcuni/e dei/lle which seemed for a moment
to suppose threatening proportions;  intervention attempts foreigner with
the hopes of native help that it always showed him fallacious;  long resistance from
some leaders I deign of a good support, the best and braver of whom
become in the end faithful subjects of the new king:  these things there
it was, but if we look at the whole period of the Conquest, we am only able
that a handful of foreign adventurers is surprised it so easily overcame a
strong nation. There is but an explanation to be found, that to that
so national overthrow is often the most greater part due, the lack of command.

The panegyrist of the new king, his/her chaplain, William of Poitiers, leads
us to believe that very soon after the crowning that William has adopted
rather wide regulations for the setup of his/her kingdom and for
the limitation of troubles in his/her army. We can fairly insist on some
qualification of the infallible wisdom and the goodness that this
historical of seed-official it attributes to his/her patron, but we cannot do really
otherwise that its general order of events considers corrects, and his
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