David Charles Douglas (1898–1982) was a

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period at the

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.Douglas, ''The Norman Episcopate before the Norman Conquest'', Cambridge Historical Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2. (1957), p. 101.Douglas, ''William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England'' (May 1964), p. xi. He joined Oxford University in 1963 as Ford's Lecturer in English History, and was the 1939 winner of the

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Works

* ''William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England'' (May 1964) * ''The Normans'' * ''The Norman achievement, 1050-1100'' * ''The Norman fate, 1100-1154'' * ''English scholars, 1660-1730'' (1939) winner of the

* ''

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, v. 2. 1042-1189'', (ed. with George W. Greenaway). 1st ed. 1953, 2nd ed. 1981

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References

* Douglas, ''The Norman Episcopate before the Norman Conquest'', Cambridge Historical Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2. (1957), p. 101-115. * Douglas, ''William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England'' (May 1964) 1898 births 1982 deaths British medievalists James Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients 20th-century English historians {{UK-historian-stub