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Henry of Huntingdon's narrative covers one of the most exciting and bloody periods in English history: 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 vivid battle-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.
| Introduction | ||
| Note on the Text and Translation | ||
| Select Bibliography | ||
| A Chronology of Henry of Huntingdon's History 1000-1154 | ||
| Genealogical Tables | ||
| Map | ||
| I | Prologue | 3 |
| II | 1000-1087: The Coming of the Normans | 6 |
| III | 1087-1135: The Kingdom of the Normans | 35 |
| IV | 1135-1154: The Present Time | 65 |
| V | On Contempt for the World | 97 |
| VI | The Miracles of the English | 112 |
| VII | Epilogue | 118 |
| Explanatory Notes | 121 | |
| Glossary | 147 | |
| Index | 149 |
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Posted July 15, 2009
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Henry of Huntingdon's narrative covers one of the most exciting and bloody periods in English history: 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, ...