The Penguin History of Britain: The Struggle for Mastery
Britain 1066-1284
$47.14
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2004
Summary
‘The Struggle for Mastery is a work of mature scholarship, which wears its learning lightly. Written with verve for specialist and non-specialist alike, it is a study that will last.’ - The Times Literary Supplement
The two-and-a-half centuries after 1066 were momentous ones in the history of Britain. In 1066, England was conquered for the last time. The Anglo-Saxon ruling class was destroyed and the English became a subject race, dominated by a Norman-French dynasty and aristocracy. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140148244 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140148248 |
| Author: | David Carpenter, Professor David Carpenter |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2004 |
| Weight: | 442g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 29mm |
| Series: | Penguin History of Britain |
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“This is a fine, up-to-date synthesis of a grand subject, now suitably enlarged.”
“This is a fine, up-to-date synthesis of a grand subject, now suitably enlarged.” T.N. Bisson, Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History, Harvard University
About The Author
David Carpenter
David Carpenter is Professor of Medieval History at King’s College London. He is the author of THE BATTLES OF LEWES AND EVESHAM and THE REIGN OF HENRY III.
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