It is one of the most important dates in the history of the Western world: 1066, the year William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings and changed England and the English forever. Yet the events leading to-and following-this turning point in history are shrouded in mystery and distorted by the biased accounts written by a subjugated people, and many believe it was the English who ultimately won, since the Normans became assimilated into the English way of life. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, David Howarth gives us memorable portraits of the leading characters and their motivations. At the same time he enables us to see the events of that year from the viewpoint of common Englishmen, and along the way we learn how they lived, worked, fought, and died-and how they perceived from their isolated shires the overthrow of their world.
Uniting the Kingdom?: The Making of British History
Added by: bukka | Karma: 785.36 | Non-Fiction, Other | 10 April 2009
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Product Description This highly illuminating collection of original essays forms an ideal introduction to the most up-to-date thinking about the problems of British history and identities. How was the United Kingdom formed? How were Wales, Scotland and Ireland incorporated to a unified British polity? Uniting the Kingdom? is a timely examination of this history.
Assembling the most distinguished historians of Britian, this landmark book explores themes and questions across the entire span of British and United Kingdom history. Traditional chronological frontiers are broken down as medievalists, early modernists and modernists sustain a dynamic dialogue around the key issues of the British state such as expansion and contraction, the nature of political tensions and conflicting historiographies. Uniting the Kingdom? represents a comprehensive survey of the most recent historical scholarship and will preserve its resonance for years to come.
All things must pass. In an understatement of historic proportions, quite a few things have passed since the end of the last millennium, when The Handy History Answer Book was first released. A new era has taken shape, and a fully-revised edition of The Handy History Answer Book records it with more than 150 new questions and answers that expand on the more than 1,000 covering past millennia. A concise guide to all things historical, Handy History addresses people, times, and events in a wide-ranging and comprehensive manner, complemented by more than 125 illustrations and, for those who like their history instant, a chronology of major events.
