That fatal day: assess the impact of the Norman Conquest on English society, law and government.

Biographies: William the Conqueror (D. Douglas and D. Bates); William Rufus (F. Barlow); Henry I (J. Green)

On Anglo-Saxon background;

P. Stafford, Unification and Conquest

J. Campbell, Observations on English government 10th-12th centuries, TRHS 1975

General books:

B. Golding Conquest and Colonization (good intro)

M. Clanchy, England and its Rulers1066-1272 (stimulating synthesis)

D. Carpenter, The Struggle for Mastery (more than a textbook)

R. Frame The Political Development of the British Isles

M. Chibnall, The Debate on the Norman Conquest (very useful historiographical background)

More specialised

G. Garnett, Conquered England (sophisticated, complex, legalistic all-change view)

W. Warren, The Governance of Anglo-Norman England

J. Holt, Colonial England 1066-1215 esp. chaps. 1, 5-13 and his articles on the family and knight service, TRHS 1982; Anglo-Norman Studies 1983; cf J. Gillingham on feudalism in Anglo-Norman Studies 1982 and Sally Hervey on knights fees Past and Present 1970

J. Hudson, The Origins of the English Common Law

J. Prestwich on Anglo-Norman feudalism Past and Present 1963

On Domesday Book

J. Holt, Domesday Studies; P. Sawyer, Domesday Reassessed ;D. Roffe, Domesday: Inquest and Book; N. Higham, The Domesday Survey, History 1993

Documents:

English Historical Documents, vol II, ed. Douglas, esp. Feudal Charters and Domesday Book entries. (There is also a complete trans of Domesday in a Penguin paperback.)