The History of the English People 1000-1154

The History of the English People 1000-1154

Oxford World’s Classics

Henry of Huntingdon’s History is a major source for events in England and Normandy during his lifetime, including the Battle of Hastings, the reigns of William II, Henry I, and Stephen, written with panache and passion and embellished with anecdotes such as Henry’s death from a surfeit of lampreys, and Cnut and the waves.

HBJD1; HBLC

942.02

Henry of Huntingdon, Diana E. Greenway – Oxford University Press