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Автор: Christopher Rothero
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 1984
isbn: 0850455421
Количество страниц: 46
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Размер: 50 Мб
Каталожный номер: 116196
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On 28 September 1066 William of Normandy landed near Hastings and prepared to meet the Anglo-Saxon army of King Harold Godwinson. On 10 October 1066 the two armies met; and after six hours of fighting what became known as the Battle of Hastings, the Anglo-Saxon army was crushed and their king slain. The Normans set up castles to control the native population, and four-fifths of all England's land changed ownership. However, despite initial Norman success, it was fully two centuries before the Anglo-Norman kings managed to penetrate the wild interiors of Wales and Scotland, and many more centuries before the countries of Scotland, Wales and England were united under one crown.
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