History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: Its
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thierry, Augustin / Hazlitt, William, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This work by Augustin Thierry () on ong>theong> Norman conquest ong>ofong> England was first published in French in , ong>theong> two-volume translation into English following in . Thierry employed a relatively new technique in historiography, as he consulted only original texts and documents, and insisted upon interpreting ong>theong> sources in as much detail as possible. He was adamant that ong>theong> events, ideas and political positions he chronicled should be interpreted in ong>theong>ir own terms and not subjected to a limited nineteenth-century perspective. Volume 1 is divided into seven parts and traces ong>theong> aboriginal populations ong>ofong> Britain from ong>theong> period 55 BCE, closing with ong>theong> death ong>ofong> William ong>theong> Conqueror and an account ong>ofong> ong>theong> last efforts ong>ofong> ong>theong> English to overthrow ong>theong> Norman yoke in . ong>Theong> author also shares some ong>ofong> his reflections on ong>theong> challenges ong>ofong> writing ong>historyong> with his readers.