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1066: A Guide to the Battles and the Campaigns
By Michael Livingston, Kelly DeVriesThe Motte-and-Bailey Castle One of the most effective, easily and quickly built fortifications, the motte-and-bailey castle, was used by William the Conqueror during and after his invasion of England. Simply described, the motte part of ...
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1066: A Big Story for Little Historians
By Sarah ReadWe all love to tell stories to kids--and later kids love to explore what they love to read. This tale of the Norman Invasion of England in 1066 is a story of a key event in the history of the English speaking peoples.
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1066: A Guide to the Battles and the Campaigns
By Michael Livingston, Kelly DeVriesFreeman's torch was picked up by another master historian, Sir Frank M. Stenton. Stenton's most famous work is his volume in the Oxford History of England, Anglo Saxon England (3rd ed., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971) at the end of which ...
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1066: A New History of the Norman Conquest
By Peter RexEven horses would have been leddown gangplanks and through the surfto the beach.Many othercraft were not much morethan barges, ofshallow draft, propelledby a single sail,and intended for aone way trip.These were simply beached.
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1066: The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry
By Andrew BridgefordArsic 281–2 Askericus 231 Aubert 84 Aulne, River 75 Baldwin I of Flanders, Count 70–1, 178, 179, 181, 188 Baldwin II of Flanders, Count 203 Baldwin V of Flanders, Count 205 Baldwin VI of Flanders, Count 205 Baldwin of Bologne 222 ...
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1066: The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry
By Andrew BridgefordFor 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...
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1066: The Year of the Conquest
By David Armine HowarthWhile 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...
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1066: The Year of the Conquest
By David HowarthThe 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...
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1066: The Norman Conquest
By Jim EldridgeI Was There... 1066 tells the thrilling story of a young page boy at the heart of the Battle of Hastings.
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1066: A Novel
By Mike BryantThis carefully researched work depicts in vivid detail an era characterized as much by intense piety as by brutal violence.
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1066: The Year of the Three Battles
By Frank McLynnIf ever there was a year of destiny for the British Isles, 1066 must have a strong claim. King Harold faced invasion not just from William and the Normans across...
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1066: William the Conqueror
By Patrick WeberKing 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...
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1066
By Frank McLynnEveryone knows what William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but in recent years is has become customary to assume that the victory was virtually inevitable, given...
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1066: The Battles of York, Stamford Bridge and Hastings
By Peter MarrenIf ever there was a year of destiny for the British Isles, 1066 must have a strong claim. King Harold faced invasion not just from William and the Normans across...
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1066: A Guide to the Battles and the Campaigns
By Michael Livingston, Kelly DeVriesAuthoritative, highly illustrated history and guide to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 written by two leading medieval military historians. This is essential reading and reference for anyone interested in...
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1066: What Fates Impose
By G.K. HollowayEngland is in crisis. King Edward has no heir and promises never to produce one. There are no obvious successors available to replace him, but quite a few claimants are...
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1066: A New History of the Norman Conquest
By Peter RexA radical retelling of the most important event in English history - the Norman invasion of 1066. The Norman Conquest is the single most important event in English history. On...
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1066: The Year of the Three Battles
By Frank McLynnIf ever there was a year of destiny for the British Isles, 1066 must have a strong claim. King Harold faced invasion not just from William and the Normans across...
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1066: The Battles of York, Stamford Bridge & Hastings
By Peter MarrenThe real story behind the best-known—and least-understood—battle in British history. If ever there was a year of destiny for the British Isles, 1066 must have a strong claim. King...
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1066: The Year That Changed Everything
By Jennifer Paxton1066: The Year That Changed Everything