Freeman: The History of the Norman Conquest

 Edward Freeman wrote his history of the Norman Conquest in the late 1800s. Every book published since appears to draw directly from Freeman’s, endlessly re-gurgitating his analysis. Freeman, however, was a man of his times and made two major mistakes. Firstly he dismissed the sagas as ‘fairy tales’ and criticised ‘Snorro’ for inaccuracy, taking a jingoistic view of non-English sources. Secondly he gave equal weight to all the other primary sources without consideration of their purpose, intended audience and date of publication. This has led to considerable errors in his conclusions that colour modern interpretations of the events.

Freeman on Internet Archive

The History of the Norman Conquest of England, Its Causes and Its Results
by Edward A. Freeman.

in six volumes.
v. 1. The preliminary history to the election of Eadward the Confessor. 1867.
v. 2. The reign of Eadward the Confessor. 1868.
v. 3. The reign of Harold and the interregnum. 1869.
v. 4. The reign of William the Conqueror. 1871.
v. 5. The effects of the Norman conquest. 1876.
v. 6. Index volume. 1879

 VOL I - pre Edward - reign of Canute
https://archive.org/details/cu31924088007582

 VOL II - reign of Edward
https://archive.org/details/historyofnormanc02free/page/n5/mode/2up

Vol III - 1066
https://archive.org/details/historyofnormanc03free/page/n9/mode/2up

Vol IV - The reign of William
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_O5EQAAAAYAAJ/page/n7/mode/2up

VOL V - the effects of the conquest
https://archive.org/details/cu31924024572236/page/n5/mode/2up

Vol VI  - the index
https://archive.org/details/cu31924088007632/page/n7/mode/2up