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Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the period from the death of William I to the reign of Edward III and a little beyond. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which History could easily have taken a different turn and analyses the possible and likely results. While necessarily speculative to a degree, the scenarios are all highly plausible and rooted in a firm understanding...
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The Normans in Europe examines the two main excursions by the people of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway into England and Europe. The volume focuses on the Norman Conquest of England, its influence on the principles of English government, and the relationship of Norman England to France and Sicily.
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Asterix adventure volume 9
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48 pages : all color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm.
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Norman influence pervaded Europe in the early Middle Ages. Haskins traces that influence using meticulous research and his insightful analysis in The Normans in European History (1915), to show how the modern nation-state is in many ways the heir of Norman culture and civilization.
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The Story of the Normans is Jewett's engaging history of the Normans and their conquest of England. Jewett covers the time period from the mid-ninth century to the early eleventh century with her customary eloquence. A revealing look at the people Jewett calls "the foremost people of their time," this is a balanced and accurate history that captures the romance and adventure of the period.
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A brilliant global history of the Normans, who- beyond the conquest of England-spread their empire to eventually dominate Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.
14th October 1066.
As Harold II, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England, lay dying in Sussex, the Duke of Normandy was celebrating an unlikely victory. William "The Bastard" had emerged from interloper to successor of the Norman throne. He had survived the carnage of the Battle...
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A powerful and evocative portrait of the Norman Conquest of Europe, revealing the permanent cultural and political legacy that resulted in their ascendency.
The Norman's conquering of the known world was a phenomenon unlike anything Europe had seen up to that point in history.
They emerged early in the tenth century but had disappeared from world affairs by the mid-thirteenth century. Yet in that time they had conquered England, Ireland, much of...
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#1 The River Epte marked the boundary between the Viking host and the French court. Rollo, the Viking leader, demanded all the territory between the Epte and the sea, but King Charles reluctantly agreed. Rollo publicly placed his hands within those of the king, in the ritual act of commendation.
#2 The Vikings had burst on the scene in the late eighth century, when they...
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The years 1066 to 1271 witnessed some remarkable progress in English history, from the creation of English feudalism and the rejuvenation of the English church to changes in art, literature, and social life. H. W. Carless Davis describes England as undergoing the "truly English phase in her development" in this engaging history of the era.
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From 1066 to his death, William the Conqueror reigned as England's first Norman King. This influential 1908 history puts one of history's towering figures into context, tracing the years leading up the Conquest, through the Danish invasion and William's final years, with chapters on the challenges of religion and administration.
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"Danes, Saxons and Normans; or, Stories of our ancestors" by John G. Edgar. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices....
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In this short monograph, composer R. Vaughan Williams discusses English folk-songs and looks at three examples with music and commentary.
The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was one of the musicians who participated in the first English Folk Song revival, as well as using folk song tunes in his compositions. He collected his first song, Bushes and Briars, from Mr Charles Pottipher, a seventy-year-old labourer from Ingrave, Essex in 1903, and went...
13) Hawk quest
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658 pages : map ; 24 cm
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It is 1072, and the Normans have captured England. The Turks have captured a Norman knight. And in order to free him, a soldier named Vallon must capture four rare hawks. On a heart-stopping journey to the far ends of the earth, braving Arctic seas, Viking warlords, and the blood-drenched battlefields, Vallon and his comrades must track down their quarry one by one in a relentless race against time.
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A rousing historical narrative of the best-known and arguably most significant battle in English history.
The effects of the Battle of Hastings were deeply felt at the time, causing a lasting shift in British cultural identity and national pride. Jim Bradbury explores the full military background of the battle and investigates both what actually happened on that fateful day in 1066 and the role that the battle plays in the British national myth.
The...
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xi, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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How did descendants of Viking marauders came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East? It is a tale of ambitious adventures and fierce freebooters, of fortunes made and fortunes lost. The Normans made their influence felt across all of western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa, and Lisbon to the Holy Land. In Empires of the Normans we discover how they combined military might and political savvy...
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When her cousin Morcar is attacked while fishing for eels near Ely Abbey, Lassair is sent to the Norman occupied island to nurse him. As the secret hidden within the walls of the abbey claims more victims, Lassair is forced to face a challenge that she fears is far beyond her.
17) Hood
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King Raven trilogy volume 1
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490 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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English
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506 pages ; 20 cm
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Blending real historical characters and situations, Elizabeth Chadwick's latest novel takes readers back in time to life and love in the eleventh century. Fresh from his defeat of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy has returned home in triumph, accompanied by the English nobles he cannot trust to leave behind. For Waltheof of Huntingdon, however, rebellion is not at the forefront of his thoughts. From the moment he catches...
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xi, 416 pages : map ; 24 cm
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Marrying the much-older king of England in the year 1002, sixteen-year-old Emma of Normandy is surrounded by a treacherous court and regarded as a threat by her husband before drawing on her wits to gain a few friends and protect her station.
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