Republished in July 2014 with an Introduction on competing claims to the English crown and 1066 geography, this is an all new transcription and translation of the 1067 Carmen by Bishop Guy d'Amiens - the earliest account of the Norman Conquest. The Carmen provides a gripping account of ambition, war, plunder and conquest written just after the events of 1066. This new translation helps explain why, how and where the events of the Norman Conquest occurred. The Introduction suggests the Normans landed in the Brede Valley, then a huge estuarine port named Portus Hastingas & Pevenisel. The port...
Republished in July 2014 with an Introduction on competing claims to the English crown and 1066 geography, this is an all new transcription and transl...