Author: Rothero, Christopher
Publisher: Osprey Pub Co
Year: 1984
ISBN: 9780850455427
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: As New
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Description:
New book, 48 pages, MAA151. On 28 September 1066 William of Normandy landed near Hastings and prepared to meet the Anglo-Saxon army of King Harold Godwinson. On 10 October 1066 the two armies met; and after six hours of fighting the Anglo-Saxon army was crushed and their king slain. The Normans set up castles to control the native population, and four-fifths of all England's land changed ownership. However, despite initial Norman success, it was fully two centuries before the Anglo-Norman kings managed to penetrate the wild interiors of Wales and Scotland, and many more centuries before the countries of Scotland, Wales and England were united under one crown. Contents: The Welsh Wars 1277-1282 - The First Scottish War of Independence - The Second War of Independence - Owen Glendower - Arms and Amour, 1250-1400 - Tactics - The Plates.