The Norman Conquest

Informationen zum Autor Dr Marc Morris is a historian who specializes in the Middle Ages. He studied and taught at the universities of London and Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His other books include a bestselling history of the Norman Conquest and highly acclaimed biographies of King John and Edward I ( A Great and Terrible King ). He also presented the TV series Castle and wrote its accompanying book. He contributes regularly to other history programmes on radio and television and writes for numerous journals and magazines. Klappentext Marc Morris is an historian and broadcaster. He studied and taught history at the universities of London and Oxford, and his doctorate on the thirteenth-century earls of Norfolk was published in 2005. In 2003 he presented the highly-acclaimed television series Castle , and wrote its accompanying book. His bestselling biography of Edward I, A Great and Terrible King , was published in 2008. Zusammenfassung This riveting book explains why the Norman Conquest was the single most important event in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror's attack.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Morris, Morris Marc
• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.03.2013
• EAN: 9780099537441
• ISBN: 978-0-09-953744-1
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; England, HISTORY / Military / Medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Specific wars and campaigns, European history: the Normans, 11th century, c 1000 to c 1099, c 1000 to c 1170 (Norman period)