|
Books > History > British & Irish history
|
Buy Now
The English and the Norman Conquest (Paperback, New edition)
Loot Price: R736
Discovery Miles 7 360
|
|
|
The English and the Norman Conquest (Paperback, New edition)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Applies a critical and scholarly approach to a topic that has long
commanded attention... Williams's book represents a remarkable
scholarly achievement. THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Most books on
the Norman conquest concentrate on the conquerors, the Norman
settlers who became the ancestors of the medieval English baronage.
This book is different, setting out to examine the experience of
the lesser English lords and landowners, which has been largely
ignored. Ann Williams shows how they survived the conquest and
settlement, adapted to foreign customs, and in the process
preserved native tradition and culture. Though the great earls and
magnates fell with Harold, some of their dependents secured a place
in the entourages of their supplanters, or were too useful to the
royal administration (based largely on English procedure) to be
completely displaced; in the Church, too, a reservoir of English
sentiment survived. The testimony of the Anglo-Norman historians
who chronicled the Conquest, together with other evidence,
including the Domesday Book (based on the English system of local
government), are an important source for our knowledge of how the
lesser aristocracy and the free landholders felt about, and reacted
to, their new masters. Dr ANN WILLIAMS was until her retirement
Senior Lecturer in medieval history at the Polytechnic of North
London.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
