Danes, Saxons and Normans; or, Stories of our ancestors

CHAPTER XLV.

Chapter 4537 wordsPublic domain

THE BURIAL AT CAEN:--Consternation in Rouen--Inside the priory of St. Gervase--The conqueror's body deserted--The Archbishop of Rouen attends to the funereal honours--Interruption of the ceremony--Fitzarthur is recompensed--The Anglo-Norman barons decide for Robert as King of England