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1066: The Year of the Conquest
• This book is on 1 myArmoury member list Edition: Paperback Other editions available: Audio Cassette, Library Binding, Unknown Binding, Hardcover, Paperback, Unknown Binding, Paperback, Audio Cassette, Paperback, Hardcover, Hardcover, Hardcover, Paperback, Hardcover, Paperback 14 third-party copies available from: $0.05 
Other items of interest: • 1215: The Year of Magna Carta • The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World • 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West • Great Tales from English History: A Treasury of True Stories about the Extraordinary People -- Knights and Knaves, Rebels and Heroes, Queens and Commoners -- Who Made Britain Great • The Hundred Years War: The English in France 1337-1453  Product Description: While the date 1066 is familiar to almost everybody as the year of the Norman conquest of England, few can place the event in the context of the dramatic year in which it took place. In this book, David Howarth attempts to bring alive the struggle for the succession to the English crown from the death of Edward the Confessor in January 1066 to the Christmas coronation of Duke William of Normandy. There is an almost uncanny symmetry, as well as a relentlessly exciting surge, of events leading to and from the Battle of Hastings. The author draws on the wealth of contemporary sources to describe Harold Godwinson's seizure of the throne, the brilliant defeat of the invasion from Norway at Stamford bridge and the forced march south to eventual defeat at Hastings. Howarth recounts events from the perspective of the common Englishman - describing how he worked, fought and died - and how he perceived from his isolated shire the overthrow of his world. Product Details/Specifications: Authors: David J. Howarth Recording label: Robin Clark Publishers: Robin Clark Manufacturer: Robin Clark EAN: 9780860720423 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 086072042X Number of items: 1 Number of pages: 208 Publication date: 1980-04 Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Published) |
