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The History of the English People 1000-1154 (Oxford World's Classics)

The History of the English People 1000-1154 (Oxford World's Classics)
By Henry of Huntingdon

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'In the year of grace 1066, the Lord, the ruler, brought to fulfilment what He had long planned for the English people: He delivered them up to be destroyed by the violent and cunning Norman race.' 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 pf 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.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #517877 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-02-21
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 208 pages

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HISTORIA ANGLORUM 3
Henry of Huntingdon (c. 1080-1160) was an English historian, and archdeacon of Huntingdon. This work was called "Historia Anglorum" (History of the English) covering the period from the Roman invasion in 43 BC to the accession of Henry II . It is derivative, some would say plagiarised, with some 40% of it drawn directly from Bede's "Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum". However, he uses his own sources for the years 1126-1154, and was occasionally a witness of events during those years.
(reigns of Henry I and Henry II, and the anarchy of King Stephen). The work contains lurid tales which he intended as a way to "spice up" the descriptions.
Henry divided English history into five waves of invasion of Britain by the Romans, Picts and Scots, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and Normans.