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THE CARMEN AND THE CONQUEST
A SPIRITED TRANSLATION OF THE EARLIEST ACCOUNT OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST |
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Bishop of d'Amiens Guy, Kathleen Tyson (Trans) |
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Paperback |
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£8.55 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1483959546 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781483959542 |
| Publisher: |
CREATESPACE |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2013 |
| Pages: |
132 |
| Synopsis: |
Comprehensively revised and updated! The Carmen is the record of the Norman Conquest. The Carmen is an epic poem in Medieval Latin attributed to Bishop Guy d'Amiens and likely composed in 1067. Its 835 lines contain a wealth of detail about William of Normandy's claim to the English throne, the Normans' navigation, landing and fortifications, the Battle of Hastings, King Harold's death and burial, and the political accommodation King William agreed with the citizens of London to secure their assent to his coronation. The Carmen tells a gripping tale of blood, plunder and conquest with an English translation that will resonate with every student, arm-chair historian and battle re-enactor. The translation and the notes that supplement it provide important context for the events of 1066. Hastings, Pevensey and other coastal ports had been clerical jurisdictions for more than two hundred and fifty years before violent seizure by Godwin of Wessex and the young Harold. Their campaign of terror against French and Norman clerics and settlers may have been a contributory cause for the war. We learn a bishop secured the privileges and self-determination of London by raising similar church claims. Perhaps most poignant, the suggested site of the Battle of Hastings is consistent with what the Saxons have tried to tell us for nearly a thousand years: they died facing the Senlac. This is the first translation of the Carmen aimed at the market for popular history. The Carmen follows the conquest from Dives to St Valery-sur-Somme to the Sussex coast to the battlefield to Hastings, Dover, Winchester, Westminster and London. Throughout it provides deeper understanding of the motivations, personalities and politics which governed great events. The Carmen and the Conquest is a must read for students and historians of the Norman Conquest, and a fun read for everyone else. |
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38 black and white illustraitons |
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US |
| Imprint: |
CreateSpace |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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