We all love to tell stories to kids--and later kids love to explore what they love to read. This tale of the Norman Invasion of England in 1066 is a story of a key event in the history of the English speaking peoples. Yet it is also an awe inspiring story of soldiers, warring factions, and a clash of cultures. Fun in fact!
The year 1066 is one of the most important dates in the history of the Western world: the year William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings...
If ever there was a year of destiny for the British Isles, 1066 must have a strong claim. King Harold faced invasion not just from William and the Normans across...
While the date 1066 is familiar to almost everybody as the year of the Norman conquest of England, few can place the event in the context of the dramatic year...
For more than 900 years the Bayeux Tapestry has preserved one of history's greatest dramas: the Norman Conquest of England, culminating in the death of King Harold at the Battle...
1066 remains the most evocative date in English history, when Harold was defeated by William the Conqueror and England changed overnight from Saxon to Norman rule. It has long been...
I Was There... 1066 tells the thrilling story of a young page boy at the heart of the Battle of Hastings.
It has a floral device and an inscription in Latin declaring it to be the 'seal of Benedict the Baker'.84 This object is crude by comparison with Robert's matrix, emphasizing the gulf in rank and style between a baron of England and a ...
This carefully researched work depicts in vivid detail an era characterized as much by intense piety as by brutal violence.
In this comprehensive synthesis canvassing the peoples, economies, religion, languages, and political leadership of medieval Britain, Carpenter weaves together the histories of England, Scotland, and Wales.
A radical retelling of the most important event in English history - the Norman invasion of 1066. The Norman Conquest is the single most important event in English history. On...