William E. Kapelle
Encyclopedia
William E. Kapelle is a medieval historian at Brandeis University
in Waltham, Massachusetts
. He received his B.A at the University of Kansas
in 1965, and completed his M.A. there five years later. Kapelle also received his doctorate at the University of Kansas, and has taught at Brandeis for more than twenty years.
He is noted for the argument, among others, that the North of England was not really brought under Norman control until the reign of Henry I
.
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
in Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, was an early center for the labor movement, and major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning,...
. He received his B.A at the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
in 1965, and completed his M.A. there five years later. Kapelle also received his doctorate at the University of Kansas, and has taught at Brandeis for more than twenty years.
He is noted for the argument, among others, that the North of England was not really brought under Norman control until the reign of Henry I
Henry I of England
Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106...
.
Major publications
- The Norman Conquest of the North: The Region and Its Transformation, 1000-1135 (University of North Carolina PressUniversity of North Carolina PressThe University of North Carolina Press , founded in 1922, is a university press that is part of the University of North Carolina....
, 1980), ISBN 0-8078-1371-0. - The Purpose of Domesday Book: a Quandary
- Domesday Book: F. W. Maitland and His Successors (1989)