History of the Conquest of England By the Normans - Its Causes, Its Consequences, in England, Scotland, Ireland, on

Klappentext This 1847 translation of the French original of 1825 traces Norman involvement in England from Roman times to 1137. Zusammenfassung Thierry's two-volume account of the Norman conquest of England was originally published in French in 1825! the English translation following in 1847. Volume 2 is divided into four parts and chronicles the period from 1137 until the execution of William Fitz Osbert in 1196. Inhaltsverzeichnis 8. From the Battle of the Standard to the insurrection of the Poitevins and Bretons against Henry II. 1137-1189; 9. From the origin of the quarrel between King Henry II and Archbishop Thomas Beket, to the murder of the archbishop; 10. From the invasion of Ireland by the Normans established in England to the death of Henry II. 1171-1189; 11. From the accession of King Richard I to the execution of the Saxon, William Longbeard. 1190-1196; Conclusion: 1. The continental Normans and Bretons; the Angevins and the population of Southern Gaul; 2. The inhabitants of Wales; 3. The Scots; 4. The native Irish and the Anglo-Norman Irish; 5. The Anglo-Normans and the English by race; Appendices; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Augustin Thierry, Thierry Augustin
• Assisted by: William Hazlitt (Translation), Hazlitt William (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2011
• EAN: 9781108030243
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03024-3
• No. of pages: 486
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History; History of the Conquest of England by the Normans 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; England, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval