William I - England's Conqueror

Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England''s rulers - now in paperbackbr>br>On Christmas Day 1066, William, duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king of England. It was a disaster: soldiers outside, thinking shouts of acclamation were treachery, torched the surrounding buildings. To later chroniclers, it was an omen of the catastrophes to come.br>br>During the reign of William the Conqueror, England experienced greater and more seismic change than at any point before or since. Marc Morris''s concise and gripping biography sifts through the sources of the time to give a fresh view of the man who changed England more than any other, as old ruling elites were swept away, enemies at home and abroad (including those in his closest family) were crushed, swathes of the country were devastated and the map of the nation itself was redrawn, giving greater power than ever to the king. br>br>When, towards the end of his reign, William undertook a great survey of his new lands, his subjects compared it to the last judgement of God, the Domesday Book. England had been transformed forever.>

Product details

• Authors: Marc Morris, Morris Marc
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780141987460
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198746-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Penguin Monarchs; PENGUIN MONARCH; Penguin Monarchs; PENGUIN MONARCH
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; England, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, European history: the Normans, c 1000 to c 1170 (Norman period)