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Author : Richard Humble
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036288210
Author : Marc Morris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781643135359
A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand cities and luxurious villas were deserted and left to crumble, and civil society collapsed into chaos. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and established themselves as its new masters. The Anglo-Saxons traces the turbulent history of these people across the next six centuries. It explains how their earliest rulers fought relentlessly against each other for glory and supremacy, and then were almost destroyed by the onslaught of the vikings. It explores how they abandoned their old gods for Christianity, established hundreds of churches and created dazzlingly intricate works of art. It charts the revival of towns and trade, and the origins of a familiar landscape of shires, boroughs and bishoprics. It is a tale of famous figures like King Offa, Alfred the Great and Edward the Confessor, but also features a host of lesser known characters - ambitious queens, revolutionary saints, intolerant monks and grasping nobles. Through their remarkable careers we see how a new society, a new culture and a single unified nation came into being. Drawing on a vast range of original evidence - chronicles, letters, archaeology and artefacts - renowned historian Marc Morris illuminates a period of history that is only dimly understood, separates the truth from the legend, and tells the extraordinary story of how the foundations of England were laid.
Author : Harriet Harvey Wood
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848873094
Harriet Harvey Wood's original and fascinating book shows that, rather than bringing culture and enlightenment to England, the Normans' aggressive and illegal invasion destroyed a long-established and highly-developed civilization which was far ahead of other European peoples in its political institutions, art and literature. It explores the background and lead-up to the invasion and the motives of the leading players, the state of warfare in England and Normandy in 1066, and the battle itself. By all the laws of probability, King Harold ought to have won the battle of Hastings without difficulty and to have enjoyed a peaceful and enlightened reign. That he did not was largely a matter of sheer bad luck. The result could just as easily have gone the other way. This gripping and highly-readable book shows how he came to be defeated, and what England lost as a result of his defeat and death.
Author : Mike Kelley
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781291967333
England was never to be the same again after this eventful year. Here is a powerful story, where you can feel the tension, live the actions and be amazed at the intrigue. This story covers just one tumultuous year, from Christmas Day 1065 to Christmas Day 1066. You will meet the heroes who stood against overwhelming odds to protect their families, and the traitors who sold their country for a price. What was it like to stand behind an English shield-wall on foot, against charging cavalry? What was it like to see 10,000 Vikings sack Scarborough? What was it like to be at the battles of Fulford, Stamford Bridge and Hastings? What was it like to see the rape of your beloved country? This is a book you will never forget; all based on real events.
Author : Christine E. Fell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : OCLC:298104924
Author : Eleanor Parker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350287068
"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times "Beautifully written." The Times "Superbly adroit." The Spectator "Excellent." BBC History Magazine The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading families of Anglo-Saxon England – so what happened to the children this conflict left behind? Conquered offers a fresh take on the Norman Conquest by exploring the lives of those children, who found themselves uprooted by the dramatic events of 1066. Among them were the children of Harold Godwineson and his brothers, survivors of a family shattered by violence who were led by their courageous grandmother Gytha to start again elsewhere. Then there were the last remaining heirs of the Anglo-Saxon royal line – Edgar Ætheling, Margaret, and Christina – who sought refuge in Scotland, where Margaret became a beloved queen and saint. Other survivors, such as Waltheof of Northumbria and Fenland hero Hereward, became legendary for rebelling against the Norman conquerors. And then there were some, like Eadmer of Canterbury, who chose to influence history by recording their own memories of the pre-conquest world. From sagas and saints' lives to chronicles and romances, Parker draws on a wide range of medieval sources to tell the stories of these young men and women and highlight the role they played in developing a new Anglo-Norman society. These tales – some reinterpreted and retold over the centuries, others carelessly forgotten over time – are ones of endurance, adaptation and vulnerability, and they all reveal a generation of young people who bravely navigated a changing world and shaped the country England was to become.
Author : Sally Crawford
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0747808368
Early Anglo-Saxon England saw some of the most important elements in the creation of modern England: the Germanic migrations after the departure of the Romans and the introduction of Christianity in the 7th century. While traditionally the early centuries of Anglo-Saxon England have been disregarded as"'lost centuries," archaeological evidence, paired with the later written sources, can reveal a complex and often sophisticated society. This period saw the beginnings of urbanization, with the establishment of market-places enabling the trade of local and exotic goods, and the first schools were introduced in the 7th century. Sally Crawford looks at how the Anglo-Saxons lived, from the composition of an Anglo-Saxon family and how status was defined by an individual's occupation, to the complexities of feasting and drinking and how adults and children found entertainment.
Author : Christopher Gravett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:1035142731
Author : Martin Wall
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445647739
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Author : Christopher Gravett
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0275988392
Fought on 14th October 1066 between Duke William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson, king of England, the Battle of Hastings irrevocably changed the course of English history. William's victory ensured his accession to the English throne. Hastings was also decisive in another way: the horrendous casualties suffered by the English nobility both there and at the two earlier battles of Fulford and Stamford Bridge resulted in there being very few men influential enough to lead an English resistance once William had been crowned. William would survive long enough to successfully found a Norman dynasty of English kings.
Author : Martin G. Welch
Publisher : Batsford
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : UOM:39015029170274
Grossbritannien/Irland - Siedlung - Holzarchitektur.
Author : Pam J. Crabtree
Publisher : Case Studies in Early Societie
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521885942
Traces the development of towns in Britain from late Roman times to the end of the Anglo-Saxon period using archaeological data.
Author : Frank M. Stenton
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1970-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191501289
Discussing the development of English society, from the growth of royal power to the establishment of feudalism after the Norman Conquest, this book focuses on the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms and the Anglo-Norman monarchy in 1087. It also describes the chief phases in the history of the Anglo-Saxon church, drawing on many diverse examples; the result is a fascinating insight into this period of English history.
Author : John Blair
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780691228426
Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize A radical rethinking of the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological discoveries This beautifully illustrated book draws on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of the Anglo-Saxon built environment and its inhabitants. John Blair, one of the world's leading experts on this transformative era in England's early history, explains the origins of towns, manor houses, and castles in a completely new way, and sheds new light on the important functions of buildings and settlements in shaping people's lives during the age of the Venerable Bede and King Alfred. Building Anglo-Saxon England demonstrates how hundreds of recent excavations enable us to grasp for the first time how regionally diverse the built environment of the Anglo-Saxons truly was. Blair identifies a zone of eastern England with access to the North Sea whose economy, prosperity, and timber buildings had more in common with the Low Countries and Scandinavia than the rest of England. The origins of villages and their field systems emerge with a new clarity, as does the royal administrative organization of the kingdom of Mercia, which dominated central England for two centuries. Featuring a wealth of color illustrations throughout, Building Anglo-Saxon England explores how the natural landscape was modified to accommodate human activity, and how many settlements--secular and religious—were laid out with geometrical precision by specialist surveyors. The book also shows how the Anglo-Saxon love of elegant and intricate decoration is reflected in the construction of the living environment, which in some ways was more sophisticated than it would become after the Norman Conquest.
Author : Peter Hunter Blair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : OCLC:154301414
