The Battle of Hastings: Sources and Interpretations (Warfare in History) (Paperback)

~ Stephen Morillo (Author)

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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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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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 JUMIGES, 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.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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 262 pages
• Publisher: Boydell Press (May 6, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0851156193
• ISBN-13: 978-0851156194
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,331,002 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Want a chance to view real historical records in context?, July 28, 2008

By	B. Miller "toxon" (Colo Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews

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.