The Norman Conquest. The Battle of Hastings and the fall of Anglo-Saxon England
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The Norman Conquest. The Battle of Hastings and the fall of Anglo-Saxon England
39.99 €
An upstart French duke sets out to conquer the most powerful kingdom in Christendom. The scale of the invasion is unprecedented since the days of Rome. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles in history takes place.
Mark Morris's book about a key event in English history is not just another excursion into the past. It is a summation of more than a century of study of the painful for the English theme of the capture of the island by foreigners. Morris offers an objective view of the events, significantly criticizing both sources and theories about the Norman invasion. The author delves into the context, and so in addition to the history of William the Conqueror, the reader receives a detailed historical analysis of the era leading up to Edward the Confessor's accession to the throne, the history of Edward himself, the history of the Godwinson family, a sketch of English life before the invasion, and the history of Normandy before, during, and after William. The story of the creation of the Doomsday Book is told separately. It concludes with what followed after William's death. In this way the reader is introduced to the history of England over more than a hundred years and is given a lively account of a whole host of English kings, earls and bishops. Mark Morris is a historian, broadcaster and specialist in the English Middle Ages. He is the author of a number of books that have become national bestsellers.
Mark Morris's book about a key event in English history is not just another excursion into the past. It is a summation of more than a century of study of the painful for the English theme of the capture of the island by foreigners. Morris offers an objective view of the events, significantly criticizing both sources and theories about the Norman invasion. The author delves into the context, and so in addition to the history of William the Conqueror, the reader receives a detailed historical analysis of the era leading up to Edward the Confessor's accession to the throne, the history of Edward himself, the history of the Godwinson family, a sketch of English life before the invasion, and the history of Normandy before, during, and after William. The story of the creation of the Doomsday Book is told separately. It concludes with what followed after William's death. In this way the reader is introduced to the history of England over more than a hundred years and is given a lively account of a whole host of English kings, earls and bishops. Mark Morris is a historian, broadcaster and specialist in the English Middle Ages. He is the author of a number of books that have become national bestsellers.
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