| Description |
1 online resource (392 pages) : genealogical tables, maps |
| Contents |
Part one. Preliminaries -- part two. The Norman conquest -- part three. The impact of conquest -- part four. Conclusion |
| Summary |
The Norman Conquest was one of the most significant events in European history. Over forty years from 1066, England was traumatised and transformed. The Anglo-Saxon ruling class was eliminated, foreign elites took control of Church and State, and England's entire political, social and cultural orientation was changed. Out of the upheaval which followed the Battle of Hastings, a new kind of Englishness emerged and the priorities of England's new rulers set the kingdom on the political course it was to follow for the rest of the Middle Ages. However, the Norman Conquest was more than a purely |
| Notes |
Firstitle pageblished 2009 by Pearson Education Limited |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 2, 2013) |
| Subject |
Normans -- Great Britain
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Normans
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056738
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Great Britain -- History -- William I, 1066-1087.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056737
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Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056730
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315834900 |
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1315834901 |
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9781317866275 |
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1317866274 |
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