Eleventh-century England suffered two devastating conquests, each bringing the rule of a foreign king and the imposition of a new regime. Yet only the second event, the Norman Conquest of 1066, has been credited with the impact and influence of a permanent transformation. Half a century earlier, the
1066 the Conquest
โ Scribed by Fieldman, Peter
- Publisher
- Grosvenor House Publishing
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
ENGLAND'S DEFINING MOMENT IN HISTORY ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DATES IN ENGLISH HISTORY A NORMAN DUKE LED THE LAST INVASION OF ENGLAND TO BECOME KING OF ENGLAND APPOINTED DUKE OF NORMANDYAT THE AGE OF EIGHT ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER HE SURVIVED ATTEMPTS ON HIS LIFE AND GREW UP IN A MEDIEVAL WORLD FULL OF INTRIGUE, TREACHERY AND VENGEANCE AFTER YEARS OF CONFLICT HE BECAME THE MOST POWERFUL FEUDAL WARLORD IN NORMANDY AND GAINED THE FRIENDSHIP OF HIS GREATEST RIVAL, HAROLD, THE SAXON EARL, UNTIL THE FINAL CONFRONTATION ON THE FIELD NEAR HASTINGS GAVE HIM THE CROWN THIS.
โฆ Table of Contents
Chapter 42Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Part VI
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Epilogue
Appendix:
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โฆ Subjects
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain;Electronic books;History;Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154;Great Britain -- History -- William I, 1066-1087;HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain;Great Britain
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