num_pages: 208
description: Henry of Huntingdon's narrative covers one of the most exciting and bloody periods in English the Norman Conquest and its aftermath. He tells of the decline of the Old English kingdom, the victory of the Normans at the Battle of Hastings, and the establishment of Norman rule. His accounts of the kings who reigned during his lifetime--William II, Henry I, and Stephen--contain unique descriptions of people and events. Henry tells how promiscuity, greed, treachery, and cruelty produced a series of disasters, rebellions, and wars. Interwoven with memorable and vividbattle-scenes are anecdotes of court life, the death and murder of nobles, and the first written record of Cnut and the waves and the death of Henry I from a surfeit of lampreys. Diana Greenway's translation of her definitive Latin text has been revised for this edition.
language: English
title: The History of the English People 1000-1154
titlecomplete: The History of the English People 1000-1154
genres: Medieval History, Nonfiction, History, British Literature, Anglo Saxon, Medieval, 12th Century, Classics
ratings_count: 99
publisher: Oxford University Press