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A Brief History of Britain 1066-1485 - The Birth of the Nation (Paperback)
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A Brief History of Britain 1066-1485 - The Birth of the Nation (Paperback)
Series: Brief Histories
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From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth Field,
Nicholas Vincent tells the story of how Britain was born. When
William, Duke of Normandy, killed King Harold and seized the throne
of England, England's language, culture, politics and law were
transformed. Over the next four hundred years, under royal
dynasties that looked principally to France for inspiration and
ideas, an English identity was born, based in part on the struggle
for control over the other parts of the British Isles (Scotland,
Wales and Ireland), in part on rivalry with the kings of France.
From these struggles emerged English law and an English Parliament,
the English language, English humour and England's first overseas
empires. In this thrilling and accessible account, Nicholas Vincent
not only tells the story of the rise and fall of dynasties, but
investigates the lives and obsessions of a host of lesser men and
women, from archbishops to peasants, and from soldiers to scholars,
upon whose enterprise the social and intellectual foundations of
Englishness now rest. This the first book in the four-volume Brief
History of Britain which brings together some of the leading
historians to tell our nation's story from the Norman Conquest of
1066 to the present day. Combining the latest research with
accessible and entertaining story-telling, it is the ideal
introduction for students and general readers.
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