CHAPTER IV.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR Consequences of the Battle of Hastings .-- Submission of the English .-- Settlement of the Government .-- King's Return to Normandy .-- Discontents of the English .-- Their Insurrections .-- Rigours of the Norman Government .-- New Insurrections.-New Rigours of the Government .-- Introduction of the Feudal Law .-- Innovation in Ecclesiastical Government .-- Insurrection of the Norman Barons .-- Dispute about Investitures .-- Revolt of Prince Robert .-- Domesday-Book .-- The New Forest .-- War with France .-- Death and Character of William the Conqueror.