EAN: 9781350383401

CONQUERED - ELEANOR PARKER KARTONIERT (TB)

Outstanding. - The Sunday Times Beautifully written. The Times Superbly adroit. The Spectator
Excellent. BBC History Magazine The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the
leading families of Anglo-Saxon England - so what happened to the children this conflict left
behind? Conquered offers a fresh take on the Norman Conquest by exploring the lives of those
children  who found themselves uprooted by the dramatic events of 1066. Among them were the
children of Harold Godwineson and his brothers  survivors of a family shattered by violence who
were led by their courageous grandmother Gytha to start again elsewhere. Then there were the
last remaining heirs of the Anglo-Saxon royal line - Edgar Ætheling  Margaret  and Christina -
who sought refuge in Scotland  where Margaret became a beloved queen and saint. Other survivors
such as Waltheof of Northumbria and Fenland hero Hereward  became legendary for rebelling
against the Norman conquerors. And then there were some  like Eadmer of Canterbury  who chose
to influence history by recording their own memories of the pre-conquest world. From sagas and
saints' lives to chronicles and romances  Parker draws on a wide range of medieval sources to
tell the stories of these young men and women and highlight the role they played in developing
a new Anglo-Norman society. These tales - some reinterpreted and retold over the centuries 
others carelessly forgotten over time - are ones of endurance  adaptation and vulnerability 
and they all reveal a generation of young people who bravely navigated a changing world and
shaped the country England was to become.

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