Format:
Online-Ressource (229 p)
ISBN:
9780582784406
Series Statement:
The Medieval World
Content:
The new paperback edition of this brilliant and compelling portrait of the Anglo-Scandinavian world is appropriate supplementary reading for 2nd/3rd year undergraduate courses in Medieval British History and the Norman Conquest. Frank Barlow charts the family of Earl Godwin of Wessex through to Harold - the last Anglo-Saxon king - and finally the crowning of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest. Set against the backdrop of Viking raids and ultimately the Norman Conquest of 1066, the book unravels the gripping history of a feuding family that nevertheless determined the course and f
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; General Editor's Preface; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Author's Preface; List of Genealogies; List of Plates; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; Sources; Notes; Genealogies; chapter one. The family'sorigins and Godwin's Early Years ; Notes; chapter two.Godwin Under the Danish Kings, 1016-1042 ; Notes; chapterthree. Godwin in Power, 1042-1051 ; Notes; chapterfour. Godwin's Children, 1053-1062 ; Notes; chapterfive. The Lull Before the Storms, 1062-1065 ; Notes; chaptersix. Harold's Triumph, 1065-1066 ; Notes
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chapterseven. The Collapse of the Dynasty, 1066Notes; chaptereight. The Diaspora, 1066-1098; Notes; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781317868101
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780582784406
Additional Edition:
Print version The Godwins : The Rise and Fall of a Noble Dynasty
Language:
English
Keywords:
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