A radical retelling of the most important event in English history - the Norman invasion of 1066.
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...
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...
For more than 900 years the Bayeux Tapestry has preserved one of history's greatest dramas: the Norman Conquest of England, culminating in the death of King Harold at the Battle...
I Was There... 1066 tells the thrilling story of a young page boy at the heart of the Battle of Hastings.
This carefully researched work depicts in vivid detail an era characterized as much by intense piety as by brutal violence.
A wide-ranging history of England from 1066 to 1215, tracing the profound change England underwent, from religion through court life to arts and architecture.
Illuminated History Books in the Anglo-Norman World' examines surviving medieval manuscripts from 1066 to 1272 and the people and processes involved in their creation.
Features an account of the Battle of Hastings in 1066, compiled by John Schneider. Recounts the battle between English King Harold II (c.1022-1066) and Duke William of Normandy (c.1028-1087), which...
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King Edward of England is dead. Edward's son Harold, one of the potential successors, renounces his oath to yield the throne to William of Normandy. From that day forth, William...