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Chargement... Unification and Conquest: A Political and Social History of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries (Hodder Arnold Publication)par Pauline Stafford
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Références à cette œuvre sur des ressources externes. Wikipédia en anglais (25)"Insightful and firmly grounded in the sources, it is not simply another 'survey' of late Saxon England. Rather, it is an interpretation of the political and social history of the period, a reasoned explanation of the emergence of the English nation, the growth of effective kingship in early England, and the essential continuity of political and social structures between the Anglo-Saxon and the medieval periods. "The great virtue of the work is its refusal to see late Old English history as the prelude to the Norman Conquest. This view of the past seen in its own terms makes for a vivid picture of a rich and varied society."--History Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)942.01History and Geography Europe England and Wales England Anglo-Saxon B.C. 55 - A.D. 1066Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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Although it's difficult reading, this is a very well written and insightful history. I also really enjoyed Stafford's chapters that covered the nature of family life, the English economy, and what was required of kings in the period.
If you are like me and like to first read a broad, easy-to-understand overview of a period before diving into the details in a book like Stafford's, check out the chapter titled "The Scandal of Aelfgyva" in Andrew Bridgeford's "1066: The Hidden History in the Bayuex Tapestry." Bridgeford provides us with the popular history treatment of the period between the death of Athelred the Unready and the crowning of Edward the Confessor in this chapter. Bridgeford is actually discussing a mysterious figure in the tapestry (Aelfgyva) that scholars have been unable to identify, but two of the main contenders for who this person could be are Emma, the wife of Athelred and later Canute; or possibly the mother of Harold Harefoot, Canute's mistress. As a result, the chapter is a highly readable overview of a period that Stafford spends a lot of time on in her book. Of course, there's also always Wikipedia. I would highly recommend one or the other before picking up "Unification and Conquest," whether you are choosing to read it or were assigned it. ( )