The 1066 Norman Bruisers How European Thugs Became English Gentry【電子書籍】[ Helen Kay ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The fascinating story of the social evolution of William the Conqueror’s invaders and the generations that followed: “A great book.” ー＜em＞Medieval Sword School＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The 1066 Norman Bruisers＜/em＞ conjures up the vanished world of England in the late Middle Ages and casts light on one of the strangest quirks in the nation’s history: how a bunch of European thugs became the quintessentially English gentry.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1066, go-getting young immigrant Osbern Fitz Tezzo crossed the Channel in William the Conqueror’s army. Little did he know that it would take five years to vanquish the English, years in which the Normans suffered almost as much as the people they had set out to subdue. For the English, the Norman Conquest was an unmitigated disaster, killing thousands by the sword or starvation. But for Osbern and his compatriots, it brought territory and treasureーand a generational evolution they could never have imagined.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book follows successive de．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る