Author : Henry (of Huntingdon)
Release : 2002
Genre : History
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The History of the English People, 1000-1154 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The History of the English People, 1000-1154 write by Henry (of Huntingdon). This book was released on 2002. The History of the English People, 1000-1154 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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. His accounts 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 vivid battle-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. Diana Greenway's translation of her definitive Latin text has been revised for this edition.