Tag: Normans

March 7, 2024

An Alternative History of Britain Normans and Early Plantagenets [Audiobook]

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Free Download Timothy Venning, Liam Gerrard (Narrator), "An Alternative History of Britain: Normans and Early Plantagenets"
English | ASIN: B0CV5Y5G12 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps| ~11:04:00 | 314 MB
Continuing his exploration 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. He discusses the crucial junctions at which history could easily have taken a different turn and analyzes the possible results. While speculative, the scenarios are highly plausible and rooted in a firm understanding of actual events and their context. Venning gives listeners 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.
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January 5, 2024

Armies of the Normans 911-1194 Organization, Equipment and Tactics

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Free Download Gabriele Esposito, "Armies of the Normans 911-1194: Organization, Equipment and Tactics"
English | ISBN: 139904740X | 2024 | 168 pages | EPUB, PDF | 31 MB + 106 MB
The Norman story began in 911, when a frightened French king (Charles III ‘the Simple’) gave land on the Channel coast to the Viking leader Rollo in return for adopting Christianity and helping repel other Viking marauders. Rollo and his fellow Norsemen (hence ‘Normandy’ and ‘Normans’) adopted all the trappings of feudalism, evolving from pagan ship-borne raiders to archetypal Christian knights and builders of castles. However, they seem to have lost none of their ferocity and adventuring spirit. As well as Duke William’s famous cross-Channel conquest, Norman forces (often mercenaries) conquered territories in Spain, Sicily, Malta, Italy and Albania and formed the hard core of the early Crusades. Bohemond captured Antioch from the Turks and set up a principality that endured almost two centuries.

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