Table of Contents

Part I: Theory and Background
1: Introduction
2: English Identity before the Norman Conquest
3: Normanitas
4: Ethnic Identity and Cultural Difference
5: A Chronology of Assimilation
6: A Chronology of Identity
7: Ideology, Prejudice, and Assimilation
Part II: Personal Interaction, Assimilation, and Identity
8: The Interaction of English and Normans: Methodological Considerations
9: The Aristocracy
10: English Women and Norman Men
11: The Peasants and the Middling Sort
12: Townspeople
13: The Religious
Epilogue
Part III: The Reconstruction of English Identity
14: The Defence of English Honour
15: The Image of England and a Sense of Place
16: Royal Government, England, and Englishness
17: The English Church, English Saints, England, and the English
18: Stereotypes and the Image of the English
19: The Image of the Other
20: The Intensification and Politicization of English Identity
Part IV: Identity and Culture
21: History and Identity
22: High Culture, Religious Culture, and Ethnicity
23: Language, Literature, and Ethnic Identity
Conclusion
Appendixes
Bibliography

Reviews

Hugh Thomas has written a challenging and rewarding book on a fascinating subject ... Thomas has put us all deeply in his debt even where we disagree with him and his assumptions. His book will henceforth be the starting point for discussions of this fascinating topic. English Historical Review It is to Thomas's credit that many of his investigations are entirely new ... and that he never allows theory to get in the way of good solid fact. His book will interest anyone who wishes to probe beneath the surface of national identity. History Today ... a thoughtful and in many ways thought-provoking survey of the intermingling of peoples, cultures and self-perceptions that resulted from the Conquest of 1066. History Today