Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England
Autor Eleanor Parkeren Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 feb 2022
"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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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781788314503
ISBN-10: 1788314506
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 30 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 160 x 238 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1788314506
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 30 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 160 x 238 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Genealogical Tables
Introduction
1. Hero of the English: Hereward
2. A Sparrow in the Snare: Margaret of Scotland
3. A Lost Generation: The Grandchildren of Gytha and Godwine
4. Warrior, Traitor, and Martyr: Waltheof
5. Child of Memory: Eadmer of Canterbury
Epilogue: New Englands
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Genealogical Tables
Introduction
1. Hero of the English: Hereward
2. A Sparrow in the Snare: Margaret of Scotland
3. A Lost Generation: The Grandchildren of Gytha and Godwine
4. Warrior, Traitor, and Martyr: Waltheof
5. Child of Memory: Eadmer of Canterbury
Epilogue: New Englands
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
Conquered is beautifully produced and written with flair and great scholarly acumen.
In her superbly adroit new history, Eleanor Parker examines how memories of Edgar and his like - the generation that straddled the Conquest - survived, or were melded to meet the needs of the time.. It is much to the credit of Parker's sensitivity as a scholar that, almost 1,000 years later, she has been able to resurrect, often from silence, the pathos of those decades and the plight of those who endured them.
This outstanding, beautifully written history follows the young Anglo-Saxons whose lives were shattered by the Norman conquest.
This excellent book offers an original premise: that there is much to learn by considering the children whose lives were upended by the Conquest. Parker insightfully shows how the experiences of these children of Anglo-Saxons (among others) illustrate the accommodations being made in England as conquered and conquerors adjusted to the new reality, and reframed the 1066 narrative for future generations.
This is a brilliant book. It is well researched and pleasantly written, and it identifies a new subject that even the well-established field of Anglo-Norman studies has yet to explore in this much detail... Anyone interested in the history of children in medieval Europe should definitely read this book.
A child grasps a woman's hand as they flee a house being torched by two men seemingly unconcerned for their plight. This image, embroidered onto the Bayeux Tapestry several years after 1066, is a hauntingly timeless reminder of the devastation warfare and conquest can wreak on individuals, families and communities... Conquered narrates their stories vividly and knowledgably in a refreshing departure from popular narratives of the Norman Conquest, which concentrate on the political and military concerns of adult men.
Fascinating and accessible.
This book is a revelation. What it demonstrates is the international inter-connectedness of the pre-Norman secular and ecclesiastical aristocracy.
The book opens up new and important perspectives on the individuals, networks, and texts under examination. Eleanor Parker has thus succeeded in producing an impressive and highly readable balancing act between specialist discourse and popular scholarship-one that historians may well take as an example.
It is hard to criticise such a welcome addition to the literature. It remains an excellent book.
Eleanor Parker has written an innovative book in clear and evocative language. She invites the reader to engage with an idea we do not often consider-that many of the European historical sources from the late-11th century were written by people whose childhoods were defined by the Norman Conquest. Parker's use of Icelandic Sagas and other non-English texts shows us the world in which these "conquered" children lived and worked, exploring how their stories continued past 1066 and its aftermath.
Eleanor Parker brings to life what the upheaval of the Norman Conquest meant for men and women in England. Following the personal experiences of individuals, she eloquently evokes the loss and uncertainty of the age. This is a book of rich stories of misfortune, perseverance and adaptability, told in an accessible yet authoritative voice.
In her superbly adroit new history, Eleanor Parker examines how memories of Edgar and his like - the generation that straddled the Conquest - survived, or were melded to meet the needs of the time.. It is much to the credit of Parker's sensitivity as a scholar that, almost 1,000 years later, she has been able to resurrect, often from silence, the pathos of those decades and the plight of those who endured them.
This outstanding, beautifully written history follows the young Anglo-Saxons whose lives were shattered by the Norman conquest.
This excellent book offers an original premise: that there is much to learn by considering the children whose lives were upended by the Conquest. Parker insightfully shows how the experiences of these children of Anglo-Saxons (among others) illustrate the accommodations being made in England as conquered and conquerors adjusted to the new reality, and reframed the 1066 narrative for future generations.
This is a brilliant book. It is well researched and pleasantly written, and it identifies a new subject that even the well-established field of Anglo-Norman studies has yet to explore in this much detail... Anyone interested in the history of children in medieval Europe should definitely read this book.
A child grasps a woman's hand as they flee a house being torched by two men seemingly unconcerned for their plight. This image, embroidered onto the Bayeux Tapestry several years after 1066, is a hauntingly timeless reminder of the devastation warfare and conquest can wreak on individuals, families and communities... Conquered narrates their stories vividly and knowledgably in a refreshing departure from popular narratives of the Norman Conquest, which concentrate on the political and military concerns of adult men.
Fascinating and accessible.
This book is a revelation. What it demonstrates is the international inter-connectedness of the pre-Norman secular and ecclesiastical aristocracy.
The book opens up new and important perspectives on the individuals, networks, and texts under examination. Eleanor Parker has thus succeeded in producing an impressive and highly readable balancing act between specialist discourse and popular scholarship-one that historians may well take as an example.
It is hard to criticise such a welcome addition to the literature. It remains an excellent book.
Eleanor Parker has written an innovative book in clear and evocative language. She invites the reader to engage with an idea we do not often consider-that many of the European historical sources from the late-11th century were written by people whose childhoods were defined by the Norman Conquest. Parker's use of Icelandic Sagas and other non-English texts shows us the world in which these "conquered" children lived and worked, exploring how their stories continued past 1066 and its aftermath.
Eleanor Parker brings to life what the upheaval of the Norman Conquest meant for men and women in England. Following the personal experiences of individuals, she eloquently evokes the loss and uncertainty of the age. This is a book of rich stories of misfortune, perseverance and adaptability, told in an accessible yet authoritative voice.