2016, ISBN: 9780141977843

The ceremony was a disaster: Norman soldiers, mishearing English shouts of acclamation as treachery, torched and looted the surrounding buildings. During the reign of William the Conquero… Mehr…

The ceremony was a disaster: Norman soldiers, mishearing English shouts of acclamation as treachery, torched and looted the surrounding buildings. During the reign of William the Conqueror, England experienced greater and more seismic change than ever before or since. William I: England's Conqueror; Penguin Monarchs; Marc Morris; Allen Lane; 2016Book in good condition. Check the pictures.On Christmas Day 1066, William duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king of England. The ceremony was a disaster: Norman soldiers, mishearing English shouts of acclamation as treachery, torched and looted the surrounding buildings. To chroniclers who wrote with the benefit of hindsight, it was an omen of catastrophes to come. During the reign of William the Conqueror, England experienced greater and more seismic change than ever before or since. The old ruling elites were swept away, while rebellion was met with overwhelming force, laying waste huge swathes of the country. Society was reordered, hundreds of castles constructed across the kingdom and every major abbey and cathedral torn down and rebuilt. The map of England itself was redrawn, giving greater power than ever before to the king. Towards the end of his reign, when William attempted to assess the scale of this transformation by launching a great survey, his subjects compared it to the last judgement of God: the Domesday Book.Express UPS Shipping in Europe with Tracking Code. The book will not:- Take weeks to arrive, but it will arrive in average 3 business days from dispatching (in normal situations)- Be stolen which happens to untraceable packages, but you can check the status of the delivery in each stepFor EU buyers, the books will be shipped from Italy and not from the UK, which means that when the book arrives:- you don't need to pay custom clearance charges, additional VAT and duty tax - you will not have delivery delays due to duty custom documentation checks. For Extra-EU countries the delivery time will vary depending on the country and the shipping will be 15 euros (for a normal size book) and 20 euros (for large book or a set of books).Feel free to contact us for any questions!, Gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Artikelzustand: Gut, Autore: Marc Morris, Titolo del libro: William I: England's Conqueror, Editore: Allen Lane, Lingua: Inglese, Formato: Copertina rigida, [PU: Penguin Books]<

2016, ISBN: 9780141977843

The ceremony was a disaster: Norman soldiers, mishearing English shouts of acclamation as treachery, torched and looted the surrounding buildings. During the reign of William the Conquero… Mehr…

The ceremony was a disaster: Norman soldiers, mishearing English shouts of acclamation as treachery, torched and looted the surrounding buildings. During the reign of William the Conqueror, England experienced greater and more seismic change than ever before or since. William I: England's Conqueror; Penguin Monarchs; Marc Morris; Allen Lane; 2016Book in good condition. Check the pictures.On Christmas Day 1066, William duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king of England. The ceremony was a disaster: Norman soldiers, mishearing English shouts of acclamation as treachery, torched and looted the surrounding buildings. To chroniclers who wrote with the benefit of hindsight, it was an omen of catastrophes to come. During the reign of William the Conqueror, England experienced greater and more seismic change than ever before or since. The old ruling elites were swept away, while rebellion was met with overwhelming force, laying waste huge swathes of the country. Society was reordered, hundreds of castles constructed across the kingdom and every major abbey and cathedral torn down and rebuilt. The map of England itself was redrawn, giving greater power than ever before to the king. Towards the end of his reign, when William attempted to assess the scale of this transformation by launching a great survey, his subjects compared it to the last judgement of God: the Domesday Book.Express UPS Shipping in Europe with Tracking Code. The book will not:- Take weeks to arrive, but it will arrive in average 3 business days from dispatching (in normal situations)- Be stolen which happens to untraceable packages, but you can check the status of the delivery in each stepFor EU buyers, the books will be shipped from Italy and not from the UK, which means that when the book arrives:- you don't need to pay custom clearance charges, additional VAT and duty tax - you will not have delivery delays due to duty custom documentation checks. For Extra-EU countries the delivery time will vary depending on the country and the shipping will be 15 euros (for a normal size book) and 20 euros (for large book or a set of books).Feel free to contact us for any questions!, Gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Autore: Marc Morris, Titolo del libro: William I: England's Conqueror, Editore: Allen Lane, Lingua: Inglese, Formato: Copertina rigida, [PU: Penguin Books]<

2016, ISBN: 9780141977843

Allen Lane, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: UK ed. 128 Seiten, Publiziert: 2016-08-25T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 116703, 0.45 kg, Großbritannien & Irland, Europa, Geschic… Mehr…

Allen Lane, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: UK ed. 128 Seiten, Publiziert: 2016-08-25T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 116703, 0.45 kg, Großbritannien & Irland, Europa, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Kategorien, Bücher, Kaiser, Könige & Adel, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Allgemein, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Mittelalter, Epochen, Geschichte allgemein, Allen Lane, 2016<