Download or read book The Normans written by Judith A. Green and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold new history of the rise and expansion of the Norman Dynasty across Europe from Byzantium to England In the eleventh century the climate was improving, population was growing, and people were on the move. The Norman dynasty ranged across Europe, led by men who achieved lasting fame, such as William the Conqueror and Robert Guiscard. These figures cultivated an image of unstoppable Norman success, and their victories make for a great story. But how much of it is true? In this insightful history, Judith Green challenges old certainties and explores the reality of Norman life across the continent. There were many soldiers of fortune, but their successes were down to timing, good luck, and ruthless leadership. Green shows the Normans’ profound impact, from drastic change in England to laying the foundations for unification in Sicily to their contribution to the First Crusade. Going beyond the familiar, she looks at personal dynastic relationships and the important part women played in what at first sight seems a resolutely masculine world.
Download or read book The Normans written by David Crouch and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-10-15 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first great city to which the Crusaders came in 1089 was Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. It was the key to the foundation, survival and ultimate eclipse of the crusading kingdom. The riches and sophistication of the city nevertheless made a lasting impression on the crusaders, and through them on western European culture.
Download or read book The Marquess Tames His Bride written by Annie Burrows and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I have just announced our betrothal.” A Brides for Bachelors story The Marquess of Rawcliffe has always found his feisty childhood friend Clare Cottam enthralling. Forbidden by her strict father to pursue a relationship, he’s kept his distance. But the couple is embroiled in a heated argument that puts Clare’s reputation in danger, and Rawcliffe is forced to declare her his fiancée! It will be his pleasure to tame his independent, innocent bride… Brides for Bachelors miniseries Book 1 — The Major Meets His Match Book 2 — The Marquess Tames His Bride Watch out for Book 3, the last book in the trilogy — coming soon “Burrows is a master at Regency romance” — RT Book Reviews on In Bed with the Duke “Burrows’ new quartet of men who will meet their matches is filled with humor and adventure” — RT Book Reviews on The Major Meets His Match
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Download or read book The Harvard Bride written by Katherine Clark and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A newlywed woman’s return to Southern society begins an epic and hilarious journey of self-discovery in this satirical novel. Katherine Clark’s The Harvard Bride begins with the wedding of Daniel Dobbs and Caroline Elmore, college sweethearts introduced in Clark’s novel, All the Governor’s Men. In this wry comedy of manners, their new life—complete with freshly minted Ivy League educations—begins in the “Tiny Kingdom” of Mountain Brook, Alabama. Unwilling to join the Junior League, look for a house, contemplate motherhood, or even finish her thank-you notes, Caroline can’t seem to find her bearings—or even fulfill her calling as a writer. Meanwhile, Daniel’s law career is going so well she hardly sees him. The most exciting aspect of her life is her handsome next-door neighbor, who also happens to be a writer. The reappearance of an old school friend, a southern belle bombshell in hot pursuit of all eligible bachelors and potential real estate clients, only adds to Caroline’s problems. When she accepts a surprise job offer at the University of Alabama, she begins to put together an identity of her own—until it falls inexplicably apart. Also featuring the return of larger-than-life Brook-Haven headmaster Norman Laney, The Harvard Bride is at once a social satire and a richly nuanced love story.
Download or read book THE NORMAN S BRIDE written by Subaru Aokage and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An injured beauty who has lost her memory…saved by a man who has abandoned his past… Royce, a soldier in Lord Orrick’s service, finds a critically injured woman in the woods. He rushes her home and treats her, but when she regains consciousness, she’s lost most of her memories. Confused by this woman in elegant clothing, Royce decides to watch over her until she recovers. During their peaceful days together, they become drawn to each other. But Royce can’t shake the mistake from his past that still torments him…
Download or read book The Norman s Bride written by Terri Brisbin and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Waverly Novels The bride of Lammermoor A legend of Montrose Ivanhoe written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Figures of Conversion written by Michael Ragussis and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the 1870s-90s, considerable attention was paid to Jews and Judaism by English critics and writers. Argues that the consideration of Jews by English writers was often in the context of their efforts to describe and improve the English character. Observes that alongside English antisemitism there existed English attitudes which were in effect protective of the Jews. These included the Evangelical Revival's desire to both protect and convert the Jew, the English self-definition as both tolerant and believing in God (in contrast with intolerant Spain of the Inquisition and godless France of the Revolution), and the view expressed in George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda" which was affirmative of Judaism and the quest for a Jewish national homeland.
Download or read book A Bride s Passage written by Catherine Petroski and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1997 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating portrait of a 19th-century seafaring woman during her first year of marriage, based on her diaries.
Download or read book The Waverley Novels The bride of Lammermoor A legend of Montrose Ivanhoe written by Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crook Chronicles The Descendants of Henry Margareth Crook Volume 2 written by Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A genealogical compilation of the descendants of Henry & Margareth Crook and their seven children. The couple was married circa 1812 in South Carolina and by 1828 could be found in Rankin County, Mississippi. Many of the descendants are traced to the present, including biographies and photographs when available.
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Download or read book Kinship and Conquest written by Joanna H. Drell and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians of Medieval Europe have long employed the family as a window through which to explore broader social, political, and economic issues. Drawing primarily on the abundant charter sources in the archive of S.S. Trinità at Cava dei Tirreni, Joanna H. Drell has reconstructed the history of family relationships in the Principality of Salerno from its conquest by the Normans in 1077 to the death of the last Norman king in 1194. In Kinship and Conquest, Drell challenges historians to modify their views on the nature of medieval family structure. Complicated ties of blood and marital kinship enabled the Norman kings to solidify their central authority in the Kingdom of Southern Italy and Sicily. The author finds that in the principality a broad range of kin participated in the management of family property, and that kinship networks remained highly flexible. Drell mines the Cava archive to illuminate not only the composition of the noble families and the nature of kinship networks, but also the extent of genealogical memory, the depth of Norman cultural influence, and the strategies the families used to transfer patrimonial holdings and, hence, political power. One of the first books to integrate the Italian South into the larger history of Medieval Europe, Kinship and Conquest is a novel contribution to the rich historiography on kinship and political power in western Europe.
Download or read book Archaeologia Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity written by and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Normans and Early Plantagenets written by Timothy Venning and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the period from the death of William I to the reign of Edward III and a little beyond. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which History could easily have taken a different turn and analyses the possible and likely results. While necessarily speculative to a degree, the scenarios are all highly plausible and rooted in a firm understanding of actually events and their context. In so doing, Timothy Venning gives the reader a clearer understanding of the factors at play and why things happened the way they did, as well as a tantalizing view of what might so easily have been different. Key scenarios discussed in this volume include: The civil war of 1136-53, how either Stephen or Matilda might have won quick and decisive victory and the likely consequences. What if Richard the Lionheart had not gone on Crusade, leaving the inept John to rule in his place? Could the English (Angevin) Empire in France have been saved? What if that fatal crossbow bolt had missed Richard in 1199, sparing him an early death? What if Edward I's riding accident in 1294 had been fatal, leaving Edward II to succeed at 10 years of age? A whole chapter deals with scenarios surrounding the Scottish kings - What if Robert the Bruce had been killed in 1306?As featured in The Argus (Brighton), Sussex Express and New Milton Advertiser
Download or read book Meyer Brothers Druggist written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
