Excerpt from The Life William the Conqueror: Now First Published From Official Records and Other Authentic Documents<br><br>The framer of a new system of English laws and government, William I. Likewise presented the earliest example to his successors in the career of foreign con quest and colonial possession and the most heroic and distinguished among all may justly be thought to have inherited, like a royal heir-loom, those prerogatives which enabled them to raise the national character and glory, to extend their dominion, to acquire the supre macy of the seas, and to become chief participators In the colonies and commerce of the world.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.