The Godwins : the rise and fall of a noble dynasty
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The Godwins : the rise and fall of a noble dynasty
Longman, 2002
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This is the history of the powerful Godwin dynasty, from the mystery of their ancestral origins and background, to their rise to power under King Cnut, and their opportunism and accumulation of wealth under his successors. It was a period of violent upheaval in English history, with Viking attacks and the conquest of England by Danish kings. Writing with clarity and panache, Frank Barlow places the Godwins at the centre of this unstable world, charting the family's fortunes through to Harold - the last Anglo-Saxon kings - his accession and downfall, at the hand of William the Conquerer and the Norman Conquest.
目次
- The Godwin dynasty in the Anglo-Scandinavian world
- the mystery of their ancestry and background
- Godwin's rise to power under King Cnut and his children with Cnut's sister
- his opportunism under Cnut's successors
- Godwin and Edward the Confessor and his daughter's marriage to the King
- his exile, restoration and death
- the accumulation of earldoms and estates
- the rivalry of Harold and Tostig
- Harold as governor and soldier
- the problem and tensions of the succession to Edward
- Harold's accession
- his downfall and the battles of 1066
- the family after Hastings.
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