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Argumentum anti-normannicum : or An argument proving, from ancient histories and records, that William, Duke of Normandy, made no absolute conquest of England by the sword, in the sense of our modern writers : being an answer to these four questions, viz. I. Whether William the First made an absolute conquest of this nation at his first entrance? II. Whether he cancelled and abolished all the Confessor's laws? III. Whether he divided all our estates and fortunes between himself and his nobles? IV. Whether it be not a grand error to affirm, that there were no English-men in the Common Council of the whole kingdom
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Argumentum anti-normannicum : or An argument proving, from ancient histories and records, that William, Duke of Normandy, made no absolute conquest of England by the sword, in the sense of our modern writers : being an answer to these four questions, viz. I. Whether William the First made an absolute conquest of this nation at his first entrance? II. Whether he cancelled and abolished all the Confessor's laws? III. Whether he divided all our estates and fortunes between himself and his nobles? IV. Whether it be not a grand error to affirm, that there were no English-men in the Common Council of the whole kingdom.
Published
London : Printed by John Darby, 1682.
Physical Description
10 unnumbered pages, clxiv pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm (8vo)
Local Notes
Hicks classification: H GtBrit Ar38.
Notes
"This publication, occasioned by a work of William Petyt's, entitled 'Antient rights of the commons of England,' 1680, was answered by Dr. Brady in his Introduction to old English history. It is by some attributed to Atwood, and by others to Cooke or Johnson."--Lowndes.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 20, 2001
References
Wing (2nd ed.) C4907A.
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Genre/Form
Illustrated law - Allegorical images.
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