Master Wace, his chronicle of the Norman conquest from the Roman de Rou / translated with notes and ill. by Edgar Taylor.

  • Wace, approximately 1100-approximately 1175. Roman de Rou
Date:
1837
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Credit: Master Wace, his chronicle of the Norman conquest from the Roman de Rou / translated with notes and ill. by Edgar Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER VIII. OF HAROLD'S JOURNEY TO NORMANDY; AND WHAT HE DID DUCT” ce gic ale nie Sie en cee ia avetare aioveiever er ale! char at anattceiee yy Ut Ittusrrations—Harold taking his leave of king Edward, p- 74. Harold proceeding to Bosham, p. 77. Harold ¢laimed, by Norman messengers, from count Guy of Pon- thieu, p. 81. Guy delivering Harold to William, p. 82. William receiving Harold at his palace, p. 84; all from the Tapestry. Edward the Confessor’s great seal, p. 86. CHAPTER IX. HOW KING EDWARD DIED, AND HAROLD WAS CROWNED IN HIS STEAD; AND HOW DUKE WILLIAM TOOK COUNSEL AGAINST HIM. .cccccceceee eee eeeeseves Shh EAL AL 0 89 ILLtusrrations—Edward naming Harold his successor, from the Cambridge MS. p. 88. | Edward carried for bu- rial to Westminster Abbey, from the Bayeux Tapestry, peels Edward entombed, from the Cambridge MS. p- 92. Harold’s election and coronation, from the Ba- yeux Tapestry, p. 99. Ship bearing the messenger with the news to William, also from the Tapestry, p. 100. CHAPTER X. HOW THE BARONS MET, AND WHAT AID THEY AGREED TO GIVE Ce csccnsav center ssss ee eess costs teen pans - 101 -ILtusrrations—Remains of the great hall at Lillebonne, from Cotman, p. 101. William ordering ships to be built, from the Bayeux Tapestry, p.107. The Comet, and information to Harold [of William’s preparations 1], both from the Tapestry, p. 114. CHAPTER XI. HOW THE NORMAN HOST MET AT ST. VALERY, AND SAILED THENCE .\ Siegiiieeseke.o ke on Ree aE Pee ache a hcias Oe. Erste 117 ItLustratrions—Ship-building, p.116. Storing the ships, p. 121. William’s ship, p. 122; all from the Tapestry.