Author: Barbara J. Davis
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429619406
Category : Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"Describes events before, during, and after the Battle of Hastings, including key players, weapons, and battle tactics."--Provided by publisher.
Conquering England
Author: Barbara J. Davis
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429619406
Category : Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"Describes events before, during, and after the Battle of Hastings, including key players, weapons, and battle tactics."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429619406
Category : Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"Describes events before, during, and after the Battle of Hastings, including key players, weapons, and battle tactics."--Provided by publisher.
The Vikings: Conquering England, France, and Ireland
Author: Robert Wernick
Publisher: New Word City
ISBN: 1612307213
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
When the Vikings invaded and conquered England, France, and Ireland, they opened a new and fascinating chapter in their history. The nature of the beset lands, the traditions and character of their peoples, and the strengths and weaknesses of the various Viking leaders made each of these three invasions distinct from the others. And each produced a different and surprising result. In sum, award-winning journalist Robert Wernick asserts in this provocative short-form book, they forever altered the course of medieval history.
Publisher: New Word City
ISBN: 1612307213
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
When the Vikings invaded and conquered England, France, and Ireland, they opened a new and fascinating chapter in their history. The nature of the beset lands, the traditions and character of their peoples, and the strengths and weaknesses of the various Viking leaders made each of these three invasions distinct from the others. And each produced a different and surprising result. In sum, award-winning journalist Robert Wernick asserts in this provocative short-form book, they forever altered the course of medieval history.
Conquered England
Author: George Garnett
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191518735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Conquered England argues that Duke William of Normandy's claim to succeed Edward the Confessor on the throne of England profoundly influenced not only the practice of royal succession, but also played a large part in creating a novel structure of land tenure, dependent on the king. In these two fundamental respects, the attempt made in the aftermath of the Conquest to demonstrate seamless continuity with Anglo-Saxon England severed almost all continuity. A paradoxical result was a society in which instability in succession at the top exacerbated instability lower down. The first serious attempt to address these problems began when arrangements were made, in 1153, for the succession to King Stephen. Henry II duly succeeded him, but claimed rather to have succeeded his grandfather, Henry I, Stephen's predecessor. Henry II's attempts to demonstrate continuity with his grandfather were modelled on William the Conqueror's treatment of Edward the Confessor. Just as William's fabricated history had been the foundation for the tenurial settlement recorded in the Domesday Book, so Henry II's, in a different way, underpinned the early common law procedures which began to undermine aspects of that settlement. The official history of the Conquest played a crucial role not only in creating a new society, but in the development of that society.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191518735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Conquered England argues that Duke William of Normandy's claim to succeed Edward the Confessor on the throne of England profoundly influenced not only the practice of royal succession, but also played a large part in creating a novel structure of land tenure, dependent on the king. In these two fundamental respects, the attempt made in the aftermath of the Conquest to demonstrate seamless continuity with Anglo-Saxon England severed almost all continuity. A paradoxical result was a society in which instability in succession at the top exacerbated instability lower down. The first serious attempt to address these problems began when arrangements were made, in 1153, for the succession to King Stephen. Henry II duly succeeded him, but claimed rather to have succeeded his grandfather, Henry I, Stephen's predecessor. Henry II's attempts to demonstrate continuity with his grandfather were modelled on William the Conqueror's treatment of Edward the Confessor. Just as William's fabricated history had been the foundation for the tenurial settlement recorded in the Domesday Book, so Henry II's, in a different way, underpinned the early common law procedures which began to undermine aspects of that settlement. The official history of the Conquest played a crucial role not only in creating a new society, but in the development of that society.
The Norman Conquest
Author: Marc Morris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639364005
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: The Norman Conquest. An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought. This new history explains why the Norman Conquest was the most significant cultural and military episode in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror’s attack. Morris writes with passion, verve, and scrupulous concern for historical accuracy. This is the definitive account for our times of an extraordinary story, indeed the pivotal moment in the shaping of the English nation.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639364005
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: The Norman Conquest. An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought. This new history explains why the Norman Conquest was the most significant cultural and military episode in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror’s attack. Morris writes with passion, verve, and scrupulous concern for historical accuracy. This is the definitive account for our times of an extraordinary story, indeed the pivotal moment in the shaping of the English nation.
Conquests in Eleventh-Century England: 1016, 1066
Author: Laura Ashe
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9781783274161
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The cataclysmic conquests of the eleventh century are here set together for the first time.
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9781783274161
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The cataclysmic conquests of the eleventh century are here set together for the first time.
Kings and Lords in Conquest England
Author: Robin Fleming
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521526944
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
One of the most stimulating and original contributions to Conquest studies, covering the period 950-1086.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521526944
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
One of the most stimulating and original contributions to Conquest studies, covering the period 950-1086.
The History of the Norman Conquest of England: The preliminary history to the election of Eadward the Confessor. 1867
Author: Edward Augustus Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
The History of the Norman Conquest of England: The preliminary history to the election of Eadward the Confessor. 1873
Author: Edward Augustus Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
The History of the Norman Conquest of England
Author: Edward Augustus Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Edward the Confessor
Author: Frank Barlow
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300071566
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Frank Barlow's magisterial biography, first published in 1970 and now reissued with new material, rescues Edward the Confessor from contemporary myth and subsequent bogus scholarship. Disentangling verifiable fact from saintly legend, he vividly re-creates the final years of the Anglo-Danish monarchy and examines England before the Norman Conquest with deep insight and great historical understanding. "Deploying all the resources of formidable scholarship, [Barlow] has recovered the real Edward." -- Spectator
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300071566
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Frank Barlow's magisterial biography, first published in 1970 and now reissued with new material, rescues Edward the Confessor from contemporary myth and subsequent bogus scholarship. Disentangling verifiable fact from saintly legend, he vividly re-creates the final years of the Anglo-Danish monarchy and examines England before the Norman Conquest with deep insight and great historical understanding. "Deploying all the resources of formidable scholarship, [Barlow] has recovered the real Edward." -- Spectator