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| Author | : Martyn Whittock |
| Publisher | : Crowood Press (UK) |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017-05 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : 9780719819193 |
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The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Viking Conquest by Cnut in 1016 both had huge impacts on the history of England, and yet "1066" has eclipsed "1016" in popular culture. This book challenges that side-lining of Cnut's conquest by presenting compelling evidence that the Viking Conquest of 1016 was the single most influential cause of 1066. This neglected Viking Conquest of 1016 led to the exiling to Normandy and Hungary of the rightful Anglo-Saxon heirs to the English throne, entangled English politics with those of Normandy and Scandinavia, purged and destabilized the Anglo-Saxon ruling class, caused an English king to look abroad for allies in his conflict with over-mighty subjects, and, finally, in 1066 ensured that Harold Godwinson was in the north of England when the Normans landed on the south coast. As if that was not enough, it was the continuation of the Scandinavian connection after 1066 which largely ensured that a Norman victory became a traumatic Norman Conquest.
| Author | : Laura Ashe |
| Publisher | : Boydell Press |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 2020-04-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781783274161 |
Download Conquests in Eleventh-Century England: 1016, 1066 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The cataclysmic conquests of the eleventh century are here set together for the first time.
| Author | : Martyn Whittock |
| Publisher | : The Crowood Press |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 2016-08-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0719820502 |
Download 1018 and 1066 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Viking Conquest by Cnut in 1016 both had huge impacts on the history of England and yet '1066' has eclipsed '1016' in popular culture. This book challenges that side-lining of Cnut's conquest by presenting compelling evidence that the Viking Conquest of 1016 was the single most influential cause of 1066. This neglected Viking Conquest of 1016 led to the exiling to Normandy and Hungary of the rightful Anglo-Saxon heirs to the English throne, entangled English politics with those of Normandy and Scandinavia, purged and destabilized the Anglo-Saxon ruling class, caused an English king to look abroad for allies in his conflict with over-mighty subjects and, finally, in 1066 ensured that Harold Godwinson was in the north of England when the Normans landed on the south coast. As if that was not enough, it was the continuation of the Scandinavian connection after 1066 which largely ensured that a Norman victory became a traumatic Norman Conquest.
| Author | : Per Ullidtz |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 2014-05-19 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 8771457208 |
Download 1016 The Danish Conquest of England Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Mention the conquest of England, and the answer is 1066 and William the Conqueror, but fifty years earlier, England was conquered by Cnut the Dane. It came as no surprise. His father, the Danish King Sven Forkbeard, had done the same thing in 1013, but when he died shortly afterwards the country reverted to King Aethelred Unred. But the story goes back much further than that. The populations around the shores of the North Sea are surprisingly homogeneous genetically, and have been so since the Neolithic era. Exchanges of goods, culture, and wives across the North Sea have been going on for millennia, and the oldest Anglo-Saxon poems, like Beowulf, tell of Danish kings in a glorious past. Relations were not always peaceful, and at the end of the eighth century they developed into a religious war. When Christian missionaries destroyed heathen idols and temples, the pagan Vikings responded by pillaging churches and monasteries and trampling on holy relics. It took several hundred years before the last pagans were converted, and in the meantime they had settled on the shores of England and France, in Danelaw and Normandy. Cnut believed that he had a claim on the English throne through his forefathers in the Danelaw and through Edward the Elder, but his North Sea Empire inaugurated the most prosperous and peaceful decades of medieval English history. It crumbled quickly upon his dead, and gave way to a superior Continental culture, but it still has some appeal today, with its simplicity and naivety.
| Author | : Ed West |
| Publisher | : Skyhorse |
| Total Pages | : 179 |
| Release | : 2017-08-08 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1510719911 |
Download 1066 and Before All That Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history, marked by bloody conflict with invaders on all sides. 1066 is the most famous date in history, and with good reason, since no battle in medieval history had such a devastating effect on its losers as the Battle of Hastings, which altered the entire course of English history. The French-speaking Normans were the pre-eminent warriors of the 11th century and based their entire society around conflict. They were led by William 'the Bastard' a formidable, ruthless warrior, who was convinced that his half-Norman cousin, Edward the Confessor, had promised him the throne of England. However, when Edward died in January 1066, Harold Godwinson, the richest earl in the land and the son of a pirate, took the throne . . . . this left William no choice but to forcibly claim what he believed to be his right. What ensued was one of the bloodiest periods of English history, with a body count that might make even George RR Martin balk. Pitched at newcomers to the subject, this book will explain how the disastrous battle changed England—and the English—forever, introducing the medieval world of chivalry, castles and horse-bound knights. It is the first part in the new A Very, Very Short History of England series, which aims to capture the major moments of English history with humor and bite.
| Author | : Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 848 |
| Release | : 1899 |
| Genre | : English literature |
| ISBN | : |
Download A History of England from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Present Day Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
| Author | : David Howarth |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 1981-08-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0140058508 |
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The year 1066 is one of the most important dates in the history of the Western world: the year William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings and changed England and the English forever. The events leading to-and following-this turning point in history are shrouded in mystery. Distorted by the biased accounts written by a subjugated people, many believe it was the English who ultimately won the battle, since the Normans became assimilated into the English way of life. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, David Howarth gives us memorable portraits of the kings: Edward the Confessor, Harold of England, William of Normandy, as well as the leading political figures of the time. Howarth describes the English commoners: how they worked, fought, died, and how they perceived the overthrow of their world from their isolated shires.
| Author | : David Hume |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 820 |
| Release | : 1873 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : |
Download A History of England from the Earliest Times to the Revolution in 1688 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
| Author | : Arthur Colin Wright |
| Publisher | : Frontline Books |
| Total Pages | : 261 |
| Release | : 2020-09-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1526773716 |
Download English Collusion and the Norman Conquest Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A historical analysis of the warfare during the Norman Conquest of England, and a look at the truth behind the legendary victor, King William I. The reality of war, in any period, is its totality. Warfare affects everyone in a society. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive analysis of eleventh century warfare as exposed in the record of the Norman Conquest of England. King William I experienced a lifetime of conflict on and off so many battlefields. In English Collusion and the Norman Conquest, Arthur Wright’s second book on the Norman Conquest, he argues that this monarch has received an undeserved reputation bestowed on him by clerics ignorant alike of warfare, politics, economics and of the secular world, men writing half a century after events reported to them by doubtful sources. How much of this popular legend was actually created by an avaricious Church? Was he just a lucky, brutal soldier, or was he instead a gifted English King who could meld cultures and talents? This is a tale of blood, deceit, ambition and power politics which pieces together the self-interested distortion of events, brutalizing conflict and superb strategic acumen by using and analyzing contemporary evidence the like of which is not to be found elsewhere in Europe. By 1072 King William should have been secure upon the English throne, so what went wrong? How did a Norman Duke and a few thousand mercenaries take and hold such a wealthy and populous Kingdom? Even in the “Harrowing of the North,” which probably saw the death of tens of thousands, who was really to blame and why did it happen? Praise for English Collusion and the Norman Conquest “Arthur C Wright’s fresh look at how things panned out before and after the invasion provides new and fresh evidence that should not be overlooked. Brilliant.” —Books Monthly (UK)
| Author | : Ernest Classen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 1926 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : |
Download An Anglo-Saxon chronicle from British museum, Cotton ms., Tiberius B. IV Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
