The Battle of Hastingsis a unique collection of materials focused on one of the most significant battles in European history. It includes all the primary sources for the battle, including pictorial, and seminal accounts of the battle by the major historians of the last two centuries. Stephen Morillo, in his own important piece, first sets the scene, describing the political situation in western Europe in the mid-eleventh century, and the events of 1066. He then introduces the sources, reviewing the perspective of their medieval authors, and traces the history of writing about the battle. An important companion to the sources and interpretations is the set of original maps of the major stages of the battle, from first contact in the early morning of 14 October 1066 to final pursuit in the late evening darkness. Sources WILLIAM OF POITIERS, WILLIAM OF JUMI+GES, ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, FLORENCE OF WORCESTER, BAYEUX TAPESTRY, CARMEN DE HASTINGAE PROELIO; Interpretations RICHARD ABELS, BERNARD BACHRACH, R. ALLEN BROWN, MARJORIE CHIBNALL, E.A. FREEMAN, J.F.C. FULLER, JOHN GILLINGHAM, CAROL GILLMOR, RICHARD GLOVER, CHRISTINE and GERALD GRAINGE, DAVID HUME, STEPHEN MORILLO.
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Morillo sets out to provide those following history courses at university with a `teaching and learning tool': in this aim he has succeeded very well... This work is to be counted a success. --History
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STEPHEN MORILLO teaches history at Wabash College, Indiana; he is the author of Warfare under the Anglo-Norman Kingsand a number of other studies of Anglo-Norman warfare.
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Useful, but not well described in the title,
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This review is from: The Battle of Hastings: Sources and Interpretations (Warfare in History) (Paperback)
I have a longstanding interest in early medieval Europe and the Norman conquest of England (it wasn't really a cultural "invasion" at the beginning) comes right at the end of that period, just before the introduction of feudalism and chivalry and all that. I also have a strong background in military history, so I've naturally read a good deal about the Battle of Hastings over the years. October 14, 1066, was a key day in the history of Western Europe, . . . although the issue of "key battles" in historical method and interpretation gets kind of a working-over here. The thing is, from the title, I rather expected this to be a collection of essays in reconsideration of the political lead-up, tactical details, and outcome of the battle -- something similar to the annual "Battle Conference" proceedings, most of which I've read -- but it's not that at all. Instead, it's a collection of readings from the past, the sort of volume produced solely for the use of college students who are beginners to the subject, in order to give them a running start on the major issues, the original sources on which they are based, and their interpretation by past experts. So we have here a series of excerpts from William of Poitiers, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and so on, followed by a dozen essays or book-chapters going as far back as Edward Freeman and including offerings from Chibnall, Hume, and other well-known scholars (and including Morillo himself -- one of the privileges of being the editor of a product like this). All this may be of interest to the grad student just entering the field of Anglo-Norman studies, but it unfortunately has little to offer anyone who has been reading in the subject for very many years.
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Want a chance to view real historical records in context?,
By B. Miller "toxon" (Colo Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Battle of Hastings: Sources and Interpretations (Warfare in History) (Paperback)
A delightful piece of history writing. It is like taking a college history class and having all the main historical records put before you so you may do your own analysis. I wish there were more books like this out there. Being a lover of history, but not an historian, I was spell bound by the differing views provided and their analysis.
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