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Prices are subject to change without notice. Price incl. Pages Pages. Add to cart To purchase this item, please add the product to your basket and click the Shopping basket link above to view your basket and continue. Description About the author In the year of grace , 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. About the author:. Recommendations from the same category Bath and Wells Consumption and the Country House. Greville, Caroline. Griffiths, Vivienne. Grummitt, David. Hardes, Jennifer. Hardy, Lesley. Harris, Luke. Heath, Diane. Hennessey, Thomas. Hicks, Leonie. Hinds, Joe. Hitchcock, David. Holliday, Adrian. Honrabin-Holliday, Mehri. Hope, Gill. Horne, Steven. Hoult, Simon. Howells, Kristy. Hryniewicz, Liz. Hughes-Lynch, Claire. Humphries, Andrew. Igweonu, Kene. Jackson, Carolyn. James, Linda. Keil, Soeren. Kent, Alexander. Keval, Harshad. 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Jan 30, Alex Telander rated it liked it Shelves: books-read-in Henry of Huntingdon was a guy who lived during a very important period in history; fortunately he knew how to write and had the good sense to write everything down. The period immediately after the Norman invasion was probably one of the most important in the history of England, since the old monarchial system of the Anglo-Saxon dynasties was ousted and forcefully replaced with this new Norman government system, which was a mixture of French ideals together with a Viking heritage Normandy means Henry of Huntingdon was a guy who lived during a very important period in history; fortunately he knew how to write and had the good sense to write everything down. Henry of Huntingdon lived during the reigns of William II, Henry I, and Stephen, and so was able to provide a unique firsthand insight into these kings and what life was like in England during the second century of the second millennium. Translated by Diana Greenway, along with helpful notes, The History of the English People is a unique primary source for any avid historian. Originally published on October 14th, For over book reviews, and over 40 exclusive author interviews both audio and written , visit BookBanter. Jan 08, John rated it liked it. Significant as a contemporary source for the last part of the work with information about and judgments on the powerful figures of the time that reflect personal contact with the royal court. I was struck by the fact that he did not seem to regret the death of Henry I's son William in the wreck of the White Ship, accusing him of sodomy however that was interpreted at the time --not necessarily homosexuality and other vices. I was also struck by his rather sarcastic remarks about proponents o Significant as a contemporary source for the last part of the work with information about and judgments on the powerful figures of the time that reflect personal contact with the royal court. I was also struck by his rather sarcastic remarks about proponents of clerical celibacy he himself was a married cleric and son of a married cleric. Dec 19, Pete daPixie rated it it was ok Shelves: history-norman. Henry of Huntingdon was born around His History of the English People is therefore 12th century narrative. The 11th century section of his history is largely taken from one of the A. Henry was a churchman, so there is a large amount of God's vengeance written into the narrative. However, a thousand years on, we should forgive the style. His history does contain some unique descriptions of people and events. The first written record of Cnut and the waves. Some interesting info Henry of Huntingdon was born around Some interesting information on Earl Harold of Wessex, and a collection of early English saints and their miracles. View all 9 comments. I enjoyed the later part of the book most when Henry is giving an account of events and people from his lifetime as opposed to recounting prior histories. It seems that life in England in the eleventh and twelfth centuries was a continual round of turmoil at least in the lives of Kings. Re-red for Honours History thesis. Vinter Skugga rated it liked it Aug 25, Ted rated it liked it Nov 22, Anatole David rated it liked it Feb 19, Adrianebritbibliophile rated it it was amazing Aug 03, Nammie rated it really liked it Feb 07, Joshua Smith rated it liked it Aug 10, P J rated it really liked it Dec 27, Kim rated it really liked it Feb 05, Jc rated it really liked it Aug 30, Bob Marshall rated it liked it May 05, Michelle rated it liked it Feb 15, Avis Black rated it liked it Mar 04, Jeannette rated it it was amazing Sep 09, Patrick rated it liked it Dec 12, There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Readers also enjoyed. About Henry of Huntingdon. Henry of Huntingdon. Henry of Huntingdon circa to circa , was archdeacon of Huntingdon and a canon of Lincoln Cathedral. Wrote poetry, prose and a history of the English people down to the year Books by Henry of Huntingdon. Escape the Present with These 24 Historical Romances. 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Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Diana Greenway Editor. 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 of the kings who reigned during his lifetime-- William II, Henry I, and Steph Henry of Huntingdon's narrative covers one of the most exciting and bloody periods in English history: the Norman Conquest and its aftermath. His accounts of 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. Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 3. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Mar 29, Jan-Maat added it Shelves: 12th-century , british-isles , read-in-translation. I heard Henry of Huntingdon call out from the shelves of the large Waterstones bookshop on Piccadilly allegedly the largest bookshop in Europe, I have my doubts but lack the funding and the measuring wheel to carry out the detailed research required to verify this claim. The call was relentless and I found myself dragged entirely against my will to the shelf and then to the till - because I'm nice and disapprove of shop lifting. It is fun I heard Henry of Huntingdon call out from the shelves of the large Waterstones bookshop on Piccadilly allegedly the largest bookshop in Europe, I have my doubts but lack the funding and the measuring wheel to carry out the detailed research required to verify this claim. It is fun to find and finally read some of the sources for the history that I studied long ago. Henry is the source of some well-known tales including King Canute and the waves as well as the Empress Matilda escaping over the snow from a besieged castle, evading capture by being dressed all in white - but it striking how bald some of his narration is. For instance this is the Matilda escape: In the same year, the king besieged the empress at Oxford, from after Michaelmas until Advent. During the latter season, not long before Christmas, the empress fled across the frozen Thames, clothed in white garments, which reflected and resembled the snow, deceiving the eyes of the besiegers. She fled to the castle at Wallingford, and thus at last Oxford was surrendered to the king. In the earlier sections, before the events of his own and his listeners and readers lifetimes Henry feels free to be a little more expansive. Greenway in her introduction suggests that Henry may have drawn from some lost sagas as well as folk-tales or what ever the twelfth century equivalent of urban legends were in compiling his account there is a nice instance of this in his very fictional account of the death of Edmund Ironside: A few days after this, King Edmund was treacherously killed at Oxford When the king, fearful and most formidable to his enemies, was prospering in his kingdom, he went one night to the lavatory to answer a call of nature. There the son of Ealdorman Eadric, who by his father's plan was concealed in the pit of the privy, struck the king twice with a sharp knife in the private parts, and leaving the weapon in his bowels, fled away. Then Eadric came to King Cnut and saluted him, saying, 'Hail, sole king! Henry was Archdeacon of Huntingdon. His father was a Norman, a married priest and Archdeacon of Huntingdon before his son. His mother was English - Henry has an interest in English phrases, place names and English saints - the latter is particularly interesting as some English saints had a period on the scrap heap literally after the Norman conquest before later being replaced in affection by mainstream fashionable saints from the continent. There's a nice sense as he moves from place to place mentioning the saints associated with each one of a geography of holiness, the sainted men and women radiating out from their resting places over the beautiful fens. Henry was commissioned by the Bishop of Lincoln to narrate the history of this kingdom and the origins of our people , it was apparently intended to be read aloud and Henry has a taste here for the cartoonishly comic moment such as when William the Conqueror is giving a speech to his Normans at the battle of Hastings: Duke William had not yet concluded his speech when all his men, boiling with unbelievable anger, charged forward in their lines with indescribable force against the enemy, and left the duke alone, speaking to himself. God delivers up the English to be destroyed by the violent and cunning Norman race , which comes as some surprise since the English seem to have been no strangers to violence and cunning themselves according to Henry. Presumably the Normans were even more violent and so cunning that they made foxes look innocent by comparison. Punishments, such as the death of King Henry's children in a shipwreck, are due to sin - generally sodomy - which was according to many writers the sin of choice for inhabitants of the British Isles since Gildas. Added to the chronicle is what is ostensibly a letter to a dying friend on the subject of on contempt for the world that shines a light on courtly life. Since Henry was in service to the Bishop of Lincoln he spent some time in the company of the great and the good, he has here an odd sympathy for the worries of King Henry I "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown". He mentions the back biting and intriguing; the son of a bishop clerical celibacy was being introduced to England in the face of some protest during this period boasting that he passes among the courtiers like salt amongst live eels commenting that those who are brought up in beds of roses are surrounded by manure. Henry notices his Bishop crying next to him at dinner one day. The cause of the bishops tears - that he has been fined so much money that he can only afford to clothe his retinue in woollens - a really sharp image of the worldliness and desire for magnificence from a Prince of the Church in the age of Archbishops Lanfranc and Anslem. This is a nice paperback edition with good supporting introduction and endnotes by Diana Greenway. View all 16 comments. Henry of Huntingdon is a typical product of the Middle Ages when the learning was monopolyzed by the men and women of the Church. The archdeacon of Huntingdon gives us a detailed account of the history of England before and after the Norman Conquest of He vividly retells the decline of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, the Danish invasions and settlements the Danelaw , the family connections between the Anglo-Saxon ruling families and the Norman dukes. Add to this the treachery of the nobility, Henry of Huntingdon is a typical product of the Middle Ages when the learning was monopolyzed by the men and women of the Church. Add to this the treachery of the nobility, murders, rapes, the extorsion of money from the Church and a decription of the First Crusade , and you get a mediaeval thriller book. At some times, this book was extremly difficult to read, because of the enormously dense text very few dialogues , and because of the large quantity of names which are unfamiliar to anyone who didn't specialise in this period of history. However, Henry amends to this by inserting anecdotes into the text king Canute and the waves, the death of king Henry I because of food poisoning and his poems and epitaphs. Another great feature of this book is the introduction which gives the reader some historical background and some sparse information about Henry of Huntingdon. Complementary to this introduction and to the text itself are the explanatory notes without which I personally would have been at a loss of understanding a lot of things and people. View 1 comment. When a work becomes a "primary document" the difficulty becomes, at least to a layman like me, in assessing the aesthetic merit of the work itself. Suggesting that works like Herodotus's "Histories" or Plutarch's "Fall of the Roman Republic" are flawed feels like some kind of sacrilege. And yet I have to stand by my principles and say that while I rated this work high, the actual act of reading this book wasn't always terribly interesting. There are numerous genealogies that just seem to stretch When a work becomes a "primary document" the difficulty becomes, at least to a layman like me, in assessing the aesthetic merit of the work itself. There are numerous genealogies that just seem to stretch on and on to the point of nausea, and because I don't possess familiar knowledge of the names and characters entailed the feeling of this book is often akin to hearing the same "glorious victories" or "wretched defeats" over and over again. Despite this, I recognize the lasting importance of a work like "History of the English People ," because even I didn't always enjoy reading this book, it's existence is a valuable resource for historians and scholars writing history every day. Primary documents like this one matter because they provide the foundation of everything that follows in terms of history. Henry of Huntington wrote down what happened, and while we have to acknowledge that we're building our arguments on his bias and perceptions, there is still the opportunity to discuss those biases and perceptions. And that's what makes history, as a discourse, truly fascinating. Mar 20, Sarah rated it really liked it Shelves: english-lit , medieval-lit. You raise the country's bowed head, and with tears of sorrow wiped away, you weep for joy. With tears you utter these words to your foster child: 'You are spirit, I am flesh: now as you enter I am restored to life. Of course, other histories have been written abou "England, long numbered by mortal chill, now you grow warm, revived by the heat of a new sun. Of course, other histories have been written about it, some of which I've also read. But this one feels just a little less dramatized than something like Geoffrey of Monmouth's edition, perhaps. So really, this is a concise little work that gives some really interesting accounts of a few English kings, mainly a few Anglo-Saxon kings, William the Conquerer, William II, and Stephen. For all of the aforementioned people, he provides engaging stories and accounts of their victories and losses. To say the least, I wasn't bored. He's pretty damn good at his descriptions in general that it almost doesn't read like a history. Other than that, I don't think I have much to say about this history other than I highly recommend it. Pages Pages. Add to cart To purchase this item, please add the product to your basket and click the Shopping basket link above to view your basket and continue. Description About the author In the year of grace , 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. About the author:. Recommendations from the same category Bath and Wells Consumption and the Country House. The States of the Manors of Westminster Abbey c. The Open Fields of England. Winchester Studies 9. I: The People of Early Winchester. Note The price listed on this page is the recommended retail price for Japan. Search Items. The History of the English People | Oxford University Press

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There are numerous genealogies that just seem to stretch When a work becomes a "primary document" the difficulty becomes, at least to a layman like me, in assessing the aesthetic merit of the work itself. There are numerous genealogies that just seem to stretch on and on to the point of nausea, and because I don't possess familiar knowledge of the names and characters entailed the feeling of this book is often akin to hearing the same "glorious victories" or "wretched defeats" over and over again. Despite this, I recognize the lasting importance of a work like "History of the English People ," because even I didn't always enjoy reading this book, it's existence is a valuable resource for historians and scholars writing history every day. Primary documents like this one matter because they provide the foundation of everything that follows in terms of history. Henry of Huntington wrote down what happened, and while we have to acknowledge that we're building our arguments on his bias and perceptions, there is still the opportunity to discuss those biases and perceptions. And that's what makes history, as a discourse, truly fascinating. Mar 20, Sarah rated it really liked it Shelves: english-lit , medieval-lit. You raise the country's bowed head, and with tears of sorrow wiped away, you weep for joy. With tears you utter these words to your foster child: 'You are spirit, I am flesh: now as you enter I am restored to life. Of course, other histories have been written abou "England, long numbered by mortal chill, now you grow warm, revived by the heat of a new sun. Of course, other histories have been written about it, some of which I've also read. But this one feels just a little less dramatized than something like Geoffrey of Monmouth's edition, perhaps. So really, this is a concise little work that gives some really interesting accounts of a few English kings, mainly a few Anglo-Saxon kings, William the Conquerer, William II, and Stephen. For all of the aforementioned people, he provides engaging stories and accounts of their victories and losses. To say the least, I wasn't bored. He's pretty damn good at his descriptions in general that it almost doesn't read like a history. Other than that, I don't think I have much to say about this history other than I highly recommend it. Of course, Geoffrey of Monmouth's work is probably good as a companion work but if you want some really interesting information about early kings of England from a primary source, Henry's your guy. Mar 19, Amy rated it really liked it. Historically unreliable, but very entertaining to read. Nov 19, Robert Monk rated it really liked it. This is a super fun little book for those who are interested in the period. Henry lived through a lot of the events that took place in this history, got a lot of his information first-hand, and what's more he was opinionated and perhaps a bit crotchety. What's more, he to This is a super fun little book for those who are interested in the period. What's more, he took a cue from classical history and wrote speeches for various people mostly before battles , which are blood-thirsty and entertaining. Good translation at least from a readability aspect , pretty solid introduction. I read a modern history of the period before jumping in I was actually reading this and the Anglo Saxon Chronicle concurrently, which is grant fun if you get the chance , which helped keep straight who was who and what was what. But I found it to be a page-turner, and happily recommend it to anyone. The History of the English People is a riveting primary source, particularly since Henry of Huntingdon's writing and comments are rather entertaining. Typical in medieval style, it's a flowery text; I certainly enjoyed William the Conqueror's speech before the Battle of Hastings. This was one of the first medieval chronicles I read for a course about the Normans and it inspired me to delve more into the chronicles and contemporary accounts because it was such riveting and easy to read. Nov 05, Katie R. I really enjoyed this history. It read like notes taken for class, concise and clear. A primary document that is a riveting and interesting read. The whole thing was worth it just for his aside comments about people, showing how truly human and and they were, and his beautifully written Epilogue. Jan 30, Alex Telander rated it liked it Shelves: books-read-in Henry of Huntingdon was a guy who lived during a very important period in history; fortunately he knew how to write and had the good sense to write everything down. The period immediately after the Norman invasion was probably one of the most important in the history of England, since the old monarchial system of the Anglo-Saxon dynasties was ousted and forcefully replaced with this new Norman government system, which was a mixture of French ideals together with a Viking heritage Normandy means Henry of Huntingdon was a guy who lived during a very important period in history; fortunately he knew how to write and had the good sense to write everything down. Henry of Huntingdon lived during the reigns of William II, Henry I, and Stephen, and so was able to provide a unique firsthand insight into these kings and what life was like in England during the second century of the second millennium. Translated by Diana Greenway, along with helpful notes, The History of the English People is a unique primary source for any avid historian. Originally published on October 14th, For over book reviews, and over 40 exclusive author interviews both audio and written , visit BookBanter. Jan 08, John rated it liked it. Significant as a contemporary source for the last part of the work with information about and judgments on the powerful figures of the time that reflect personal contact with the royal court. I was struck by the fact that he did not seem to regret the death of Henry I's son William in the wreck of the White Ship, accusing him of sodomy however that was interpreted at the time --not necessarily homosexuality and other vices. I was also struck by his rather sarcastic remarks about proponents o Significant as a contemporary source for the last part of the work with information about and judgments on the powerful figures of the time that reflect personal contact with the royal court. I was also struck by his rather sarcastic remarks about proponents of clerical celibacy he himself was a married cleric and son of a married cleric. Dec 19, Pete daPixie rated it it was ok Shelves: history-norman. Henry of Huntingdon was born around His History of the English People is therefore 12th century narrative. The 11th century section of his history is largely taken from one of the A. Henry was a churchman, so there is a large amount of God's vengeance written into the narrative. However, a thousand years on, we should forgive the style. His history does contain some unique descriptions of people and events. The first written record of Cnut and the waves. Some interesting info Henry of Huntingdon was born around Some interesting information on Earl Harold of Wessex, and a collection of early English saints and their miracles. View all 9 comments. I enjoyed the later part of the book most when Henry is giving an account of events and people from his lifetime as opposed to recounting prior histories. It seems that life in England in the eleventh and twelfth centuries was a continual round of turmoil at least in the lives of Kings. Re-red for Honours History thesis. Vinter Skugga rated it liked it Aug 25, Ted rated it liked it Nov 22, Anatole David rated it liked it Feb 19, Adrianebritbibliophile rated it it was amazing Aug 03, Nammie rated it really liked it Feb 07, Joshua Smith rated it liked it Aug 10, P J rated it really liked it Dec 27, Kim rated it really liked it Feb 05, Jc rated it really liked it Aug 30, Bob Marshall rated it liked it May 05, Michelle rated it liked it Feb 15, Avis Black rated it liked it Mar 04, Jeannette rated it it was amazing Sep 09, Patrick rated it liked it Dec 12, There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Readers also enjoyed. About Henry of Huntingdon. Henry of Huntingdon. Henry of Huntingdon circa to circa , was archdeacon of Huntingdon and a canon of Lincoln Cathedral. Wrote poetry, prose and a history of the English people down to the year

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His father was a Norman, a married priest and Archdeacon of Huntingdon before his son. His mother was English - Henry has an interest in English phrases, place names and English saints - the latter is particularly interesting as some English saints had a period on the scrap heap literally after the Norman conquest before later being replaced in affection by mainstream fashionable saints from the continent. There's a nice sense as he moves from place to place mentioning the saints associated with each one of a geography of holiness, the sainted men and women radiating out from their resting places over the beautiful fens. Henry was commissioned by the Bishop of Lincoln to narrate the history of this kingdom and the origins of our people , it was apparently intended to be read aloud and Henry has a taste here for the cartoonishly comic moment such as when William the Conqueror is giving a speech to his Normans at the battle of Hastings: Duke William had not yet concluded his speech when all his men, boiling with unbelievable anger, charged forward in their lines with indescribable force against the enemy, and left the duke alone, speaking to himself. God delivers up the English to be destroyed by the violent and cunning Norman race , which comes as some surprise since the English seem to have been no strangers to violence and cunning themselves according to Henry. Presumably the Normans were even more violent and so cunning that they made foxes look innocent by comparison. Punishments, such as the death of King Henry's children in a shipwreck, are due to sin - generally sodomy - which was according to many writers the sin of choice for inhabitants of the British Isles since Gildas. Added to the chronicle is what is ostensibly a letter to a dying friend on the subject of on contempt for the world that shines a light on courtly life. Since Henry was in service to the Bishop of Lincoln he spent some time in the company of the great and the good, he has here an odd sympathy for the worries of King Henry I "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown". He mentions the back biting and intriguing; the son of a bishop clerical celibacy was being introduced to England in the face of some protest during this period boasting that he passes among the courtiers like salt amongst live eels commenting that those who are brought up in beds of roses are surrounded by manure. Henry notices his Bishop crying next to him at dinner one day. The cause of the bishops tears - that he has been fined so much money that he can only afford to clothe his retinue in woollens - a really sharp image of the worldliness and desire for magnificence from a Prince of the Church in the age of Archbishops Lanfranc and Anslem. This is a nice paperback edition with good supporting introduction and endnotes by Diana Greenway. View all 16 comments. Henry of Huntingdon is a typical product of the Middle Ages when the learning was monopolyzed by the men and women of the Church. The archdeacon of Huntingdon gives us a detailed account of the history of England before and after the Norman Conquest of He vividly retells the decline of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, the Danish invasions and settlements the Danelaw , the family connections between the Anglo-Saxon ruling families and the Norman dukes. Add to this the treachery of the nobility, Henry of Huntingdon is a typical product of the Middle Ages when the learning was monopolyzed by the men and women of the Church. Add to this the treachery of the nobility, murders, rapes, the extorsion of money from the Church and a decription of the First Crusade , and you get a mediaeval thriller book. At some times, this book was extremly difficult to read, because of the enormously dense text very few dialogues , and because of the large quantity of names which are unfamiliar to anyone who didn't specialise in this period of history. However, Henry amends to this by inserting anecdotes into the text king Canute and the waves, the death of king Henry I because of food poisoning and his poems and epitaphs. Another great feature of this book is the introduction which gives the reader some historical background and some sparse information about Henry of Huntingdon. Complementary to this introduction and to the text itself are the explanatory notes without which I personally would have been at a loss of understanding a lot of things and people. View 1 comment. When a work becomes a "primary document" the difficulty becomes, at least to a layman like me, in assessing the aesthetic merit of the work itself. Suggesting that works like Herodotus's "Histories" or Plutarch's "Fall of the Roman Republic" are flawed feels like some kind of sacrilege. And yet I have to stand by my principles and say that while I rated this work high, the actual act of reading this book wasn't always terribly interesting. There are numerous genealogies that just seem to stretch When a work becomes a "primary document" the difficulty becomes, at least to a layman like me, in assessing the aesthetic merit of the work itself. There are numerous genealogies that just seem to stretch on and on to the point of nausea, and because I don't possess familiar knowledge of the names and characters entailed the feeling of this book is often akin to hearing the same "glorious victories" or "wretched defeats" over and over again. Despite this, I recognize the lasting importance of a work like "History of the English People ," because even I didn't always enjoy reading this book, it's existence is a valuable resource for historians and scholars writing history every day. Primary documents like this one matter because they provide the foundation of everything that follows in terms of history. Henry of Huntington wrote down what happened, and while we have to acknowledge that we're building our arguments on his bias and perceptions, there is still the opportunity to discuss those biases and perceptions. And that's what makes history, as a discourse, truly fascinating. Mar 20, Sarah rated it really liked it Shelves: english-lit , medieval-lit. You raise the country's bowed head, and with tears of sorrow wiped away, you weep for joy. With tears you utter these words to your foster child: 'You are spirit, I am flesh: now as you enter I am restored to life. Of course, other histories have been written abou "England, long numbered by mortal chill, now you grow warm, revived by the heat of a new sun. Of course, other histories have been written about it, some of which I've also read. But this one feels just a little less dramatized than something like Geoffrey of Monmouth's edition, perhaps. So really, this is a concise little work that gives some really interesting accounts of a few English kings, mainly a few Anglo-Saxon kings, William the Conquerer, William II, and Stephen. For all of the aforementioned people, he provides engaging stories and accounts of their victories and losses. To say the least, I wasn't bored. He's pretty damn good at his descriptions in general that it almost doesn't read like a history. Other than that, I don't think I have much to say about this history other than I highly recommend it. Of course, Geoffrey of Monmouth's work is probably good as a companion work but if you want some really interesting information about early kings of England from a primary source, Henry's your guy. Mar 19, Amy rated it really liked it. Historically unreliable, but very entertaining to read. Nov 19, Robert Monk rated it really liked it. This is a super fun little book for those who are interested in the period. Henry lived through a lot of the events that took place in this history, got a lot of his information first-hand, and what's more he was opinionated and perhaps a bit crotchety. What's more, he to This is a super fun little book for those who are interested in the period. What's more, he took a cue from classical history and wrote speeches for various people mostly before battles , which are blood-thirsty and entertaining. Good translation at least from a readability aspect , pretty solid introduction. I read a modern history of the period before jumping in I was actually reading this and the Anglo Saxon Chronicle concurrently, which is grant fun if you get the chance , which helped keep straight who was who and what was what. But I found it to be a page-turner, and happily recommend it to anyone. The History of the English People is a riveting primary source, particularly since Henry of Huntingdon's writing and comments are rather entertaining. Typical in medieval style, it's a flowery text; I certainly enjoyed William the Conqueror's speech before the Battle of Hastings. This was one of the first medieval chronicles I read for a course about the Normans and it inspired me to delve more into the chronicles and contemporary accounts because it was such riveting and easy to read. Nov 05, Katie R. I really enjoyed this history. It read like notes taken for class, concise and clear. A primary document that is a riveting and interesting read. The whole thing was worth it just for his aside comments about people, showing how truly human and and they were, and his beautifully written Epilogue. Jan 30, Alex Telander rated it liked it Shelves: books-read-in Henry of Huntingdon was a guy who lived during a very important period in history; fortunately he knew how to write and had the good sense to write everything down. The period immediately after the Norman invasion was probably one of the most important in the history of England, since the old monarchial system of the Anglo-Saxon dynasties was ousted and forcefully replaced with this new Norman government system, which was a mixture of French ideals together with a Viking heritage Normandy means Henry of Huntingdon was a guy who lived during a very important period in history; fortunately he knew how to write and had the good sense to write everything down. Henry of Huntingdon lived during the reigns of William II, Henry I, and Stephen, and so was able to provide a unique firsthand insight into these kings and what life was like in England during the second century of the second millennium. Translated by Diana Greenway, along with helpful notes, The History of the English People is a unique primary source for any avid historian. Originally published on October 14th, For over book reviews, and over 40 exclusive author interviews both audio and written , visit BookBanter. Jan 08, John rated it liked it. Significant as a contemporary source for the last part of the work with information about and judgments on the powerful figures of the time that reflect personal contact with the royal court. I was struck by the fact that he did not seem to regret the death of Henry I's son William in the wreck of the White Ship, accusing him of sodomy however that was interpreted at the time --not necessarily homosexuality and other vices. I was also struck by his rather sarcastic remarks about proponents o Significant as a contemporary source for the last part of the work with information about and judgments on the powerful figures of the time that reflect personal contact with the royal court. I was also struck by his rather sarcastic remarks about proponents of clerical celibacy he himself was a married cleric and son of a married cleric. Dec 19, Pete daPixie rated it it was ok Shelves: history-norman. Henry of Huntingdon was born around His History of the English People is therefore 12th century narrative. The 11th century section of his history is largely taken from one of the A. Henry was a churchman, so there is a large amount of God's vengeance written into the narrative. However, a thousand years on, we should forgive the style. His history does contain some unique descriptions of people and events. The first written record of Cnut and the waves. 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. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. The price listed on this page is the recommended retail price for Japan. Prices are subject to change without notice. Price incl. Pages Pages. Add to cart To purchase this item, please add the product to your basket and click the Shopping basket link above to view your basket and continue. Description About the author In the year of grace , 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. About the author:.

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