The History of the English People 1000-1154 (Oxford World's Classics) Book

Henry of Huntingdon s narrative covers one of the most exciting and bloody periods in English history: the Norman Conquest and its aftermath. He tells of the decline of the Old English kingdom, the victory of the Normans at the Battle of Hastings, and the establishment of Norman rule. Hisaccounts of the kings who reigned during his lifetime--William II, Henry I, and Stephen--contain unique descriptions of people and events. Henry tells how promiscuity, greed, treachery, and cruelty produced a series of disasters, rebellions, and wars. Interwoven with memorable and vividbattle-scenes are anecdotes of court life, the death and murder of nobles, and the first written record of Cnut and the waves and the death of Henry I from a surfeit of lampreys. Recommended in Laura Berquist Medieval European Hist/Geog/Lit Syllabus Author: Henry of HuntingdonFormat: 208 pages, Paperback Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA New Ed edition (March 18, 2002) ISBN: 978-0192840752Read More