Saxon and Norman London
John Clark
The story of Saxon and Norman London begins amid the ruins of the once great Roman city of Londinium, and culminates at the beginning of the 13th century when the city had risen again to prosperity and prominence. This expanded and revised edition, updated to incorporate the results of much recent research, guides us through this fascinating chapter of the capital’s history, and introduces the reader to a colourful procession of peoples and kings.
They include the Anglo-Saxon settlers who came in the wake of the Roman retreat, the missionaries who first brought Christianity to the English; the raiding Vikings and Danes, and finally the Normans. We also meet the individuals who stamped their names on their times: Alfred the Great, Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror, we learn of the developments in trade and industry which laid the foundations for London’s prosperity - coinage, merchants, crafts and the port; and we see the origins of some of the city’s most famous
buildings - St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Old London Bridge and the great Norman fortress known as the Tower of London.
They include the Anglo-Saxon settlers who came in the wake of the Roman retreat, the missionaries who first brought Christianity to the English; the raiding Vikings and Danes, and finally the Normans. We also meet the individuals who stamped their names on their times: Alfred the Great, Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror, we learn of the developments in trade and industry which laid the foundations for London’s prosperity - coinage, merchants, crafts and the port; and we see the origins of some of the city’s most famous
buildings - St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Old London Bridge and the great Norman fortress known as the Tower of London.
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Rok:
1989
Wydawnictwo:
The Museum of London
Język:
english
Strony:
48
ISBN 10:
0112904580
ISBN 13:
9780112904588
Plik:
PDF, 25.44 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1989