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The Penguin History of Britain: The Struggle for Mastery

The Penguin History of Britain: The Struggle for Mastery Paperback / softback - 2005

by Prof David Carpenter

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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.

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The two-and-a-half centuries after 1066 were momentous ones in the history of Britain. In 1066, England was conquered. The Anglo-Saxon ruling class was destroyed and the English became a subject race, dominated by a Norman-French dynast
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  • Title The Penguin History of Britain: The Struggle for Mastery
  • Author Prof David Carpenter
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition First Penguin Ed
  • Condition New
  • Pages 640
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, England UK
  • Date March 29, 2005
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780140148244_inp
  • ISBN 9780140148244 / 0140148248
  • Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.78 x 5.16 x 1.13 in (19.76 x 13.11 x 2.87 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History - Medieval period,, Great Britain - History - Norman period,
  • Dewey Decimal Code 941.02

Summary

Drawing upon vast amounts of fresh research, David Carpenter’s remarkable new book brings to life medieval Britain in the tumultuous period between the Norman conquest of England and the English conquest of Wales under Edward I. This epoch saw a profound reshaping of Britain, as Norman and Anglo-Saxon peoples were molded together into a new identity, and the development of a powerful parliamentary tax-based state enabled England to dominate the rest of Britain at the end of the thirteenth century. Yet as Carpenter’s wide-ranging narrative makes clear, during this time England was also linked in an entirely new way to continental Europe, leaving plenty of space for the ambitions of Britain’s other rulers, namely the princes of Wales and the king of Scots, to emerge.

From the publisher

David Carpenter is a professor of medieval history at King’s College, London.

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"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

Citations

  • Ingram Advance, 04/01/2005, Page 96

About the author

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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