Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The Battle of Hastings and Other Poems
Author: Sydney HodgesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...
Author: John Clark RidpathPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The Battle of Hastings
Author: Jim BradburyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 164313633X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A rousing historical narrative of the best-known and arguably most significant battle in English history. The effects of the Battle of Hastings were deeply felt at the time, causing a lasting shift in British cultural identity and national pride. Jim Bradbury explores the full military background of the battle and investigates both what actually happened on that fateful day in 1066 and the role that the battle plays in the British national myth. The Battle of Hastings starts by looking at the Normans—who they were, where they came from—and the career of William the Conqueror before 1066. Next, the narrative turns to the Saxons in England, and to Harold Godwineson, successor to Edward the Confessor, and his attempts to create unity in the divided kingdom. This provides the background to an examination of the military development of the two sides up to 1066, detailing differences in tactics, arms, and armor. The core of the book is a move-by-move reconstruction of the battle itself, including the advance planning, the site, the composition of the two armies, and the use of archers, feigned retreats, and the death of Harold Godwineson. In looking at the consequences of the battle, Jim Bradbury deals with the conquest of England and the ongoing resistance to the Normans. The effects of the conquest are also seen in the creation of castles and developments in feudalism, and in links with Normandy that revealed themselves particularly in church appointments. This is the first time a military historian has attempted to make accessible to the general reader all that is known about the Battle of Hastings and to present as detailed a reconstruction as is possible. Furthermore, the author places the battle in the military context of eleventh-century Europe, painting a vivid picture of the combatants themselves—soldiery, cavalry, and their horses—as they struggled for victory. This is a book that any reader interested in England’s history will find indispensable.
1066 and Before That - History Poems
Author: Brian MosesPublisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447283945
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
A fantastic collection of history poems that conjure up the sights, sounds and smells of the past - both the great events and battles, and ordinary day-to-day activities. Perfect for young history fans, 1066 and Before That from Brian Moses and Roger Stevens ties in with the history curriculum for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. There are poems about prehistoric times, mammoths, the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Alfred the Great, Normans, King Harold, William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings.
Poems, Supposed to Have Been Written at Bristol
Author: Thomas ChattertonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary forgeries and mystifications
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Poems, Supposed to Have Been Written at Bristol
Author: Thomas RowleyThe Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton
Author: Thomas ChattertonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Impostors and imposture
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Remembering Thomas Chatterton
Author: VariousPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 152879043X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
In 1763, an 11-year-old boy named Thomas Chatterton began publishing mature works of poetry. Before long, he was fooling the literary world by passing his work off as that of a non-existent 15th-century poet named Thomas Rowley—which he did until unmasked by Horace Walpole. Brought up in poverty and without a father, he studied furiously and went on to try and earn a living from his writing. After impressing the likes of the Lord Mayor, William Beckford and the radical leader John Wilkes, he eagerly looked for an outlet in London for his political works, but was unable to make a decent living and, despairing, poisoned himself at the age of seventeen. Chatterton had a significant impact on Romantic artists including Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats; with numerous notable poems, plays, and paintings having been dedicated to him since his untimely demise. This new collection contains classic essays from various writers on Chatterton's life and work. Contents include: “Sonnet to Chatterton, by John Keats”, “Thomas Chatterton 1752–1770, A Biography from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 6”, “Monody on the Death of Chatterton, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge”, “Thomas Chatterton, by Henry Francis Cary”, “Thomas Chatterton, by Mabel E. Wotton”, “Poem of Thomas Chatterton, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti”, “Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley, An Essay by Edmond Malone”, “Resolution and Independence, An Excerpt by William Wordsworth”, and “Thomas Chatterton, by William Charles Mark Kent”. Read & Co. Books is publishing this brand new collection of classic essays for the enjoyment of a new generation of readers.
Author: Thomas Chatterton
Author: Thomas Chatterton