A Brief History of the Normans

Posted on 10 January 2018 by François Neveux

The history of the Normans began long before 1066 A.D Originating from the Norsemen, they were one of the most successful warrior tribes of the Dark Ages dominating Europe from the Baltic Sea to the island of Sicily and the borders of Eastern Europe As a military force they were unstoppable as conquerors, they established their own kingdom in Normandy from where they set out on a number of devastating campaigns, as well as introduced innovations in politics, architecture and culture. Best Download [ A Brief History of the Normans ] By [ François Neveux ] – kino-fada.fr Lo, many months ago I wrote a review for this book, posted it, ate some rage cookies by Mr Chrissastretie and BLAMMOshe found herself flushed down the proverbial drain of sullenly broken review dreams I shed a tear or two Thankfully, when it comes to the history of that little piece of the Land of Ice and Snow, of the Midnight Sun Where the Hot Springs Blow Hammer of the Godsnestled along the Channel coast of Noarthern France, my memory is like a perfectly latticed crystal in the full ful Lo, many months ago I wrote a review for this book, posted it, ate some rage cookies by Mr Chrissastretie and...This is an informative history of the Normans from their Scandinavian origins to the rise of Normandy to the Norman Conquests of England and Sicily I found the bias in favour of William the Conqueror a little hard to swallow as some of his most ruthless actions, such as they Harrying of the North in 1070, are glossed over as if his choice to respond to poorly co ordinated Saxon rebellions left him with no other choice than to launch a brutal mass murdering spree that left tens of thousands of c This is an informative history of the Normans from their Scandinavian origins to the rise of Normandy to the Norman Conquests of England and Sicily I found the bias in favour of William the Conqueror a l...I enjoyed this short book only eight chapters, but with a chronology and notes and recommend it to anyone needing an overview of how the Normans came to be and of their accomplishments in France, England, and Italy.There are a few typos in the main text and in the notes , most minor but some that left me slightly befuddled, which is why I cannot give the book five stars Also, sometimes the wording or sentence structure caused me to pause and puz...On page 96 it states that Robert the Magnificent was the legitimate son of Duke Richard I, when in fact it was Richard II This therefore makes this book worthless, as you have to ask yourself what else is wrong.The author also states on page 132 that Edward the Confessor unquestionably promised the throne to William with out supplying one iota of proof ...Although there is lots of interesting information given, particularly regarding the origins and decline of the Normans, there is too much data for one to take in The pictures are good, but there is no real argument behind the narration Additionally, the translation from F...This book has a lot of problems The most obvious is that the publisher seems to have taken no interest whatsoever in ensuring spelling, capitalization, and the like is correct Was there even a copy editor Who knows, but I expect better At a deeper level, the book fails at the task it imposes on itself as a narrative history The chapters are too disorganized, jumping from one place, time, and set of characters to another without warning over and over again The author introduces minor charac This book has a lot of problems The most obvious is that the publisher seems to have taken no interest whatsoever in ensuring spelling, capitalization, and the like is correct Was there even a copy editor Who knows, but I expect better At a deeper level, the book fails at the task it imposes on itself as a narrative history The chapters are too disorganized, jumping from one place, time, and set of characters to another without warning over and over again The author introduces minor characters time and time again without meaningfully addressing who they are or their importance The book assumes extreme familiarity with geographic det...I m glad I only spent 2.49 on thisThe Normans were an amazing bunch of adventurers and Neveaux definitely encourages this view The writing is excellent The style is easy to follow There are generalizations and examples to help the reader truly appreciate the Norman kingdoms Bias is something of a problem as Neveaux writes with stars in his eyes when describing the successes of the second generation Norman bureaucrats.The bias is an obvious weakness Neveaux glosses over constant warfare and unwarranted aggression as common The Normans were an amazing bunch of adventurers and Neveaux definitely encourages this view The writing is excellent The style is easy to follow There are generalizations and examples to help the reader truly appreciate the Norman kingdoms Bias is something of a problem as Neveaux writes with stars in his eyes when describing the successes of the second generation Norman bureaucrats.The bias is an obvious weakness Neveaux glosses over constant warfare and unwarranted aggression as common and acceptable He argues that local lords needed the Normansthan the Normans needed a base of operations for further war He glosses over the fact that in both succe...This is really not a bad book Even though there are a few editorial errors, probably to do with the translation from French, it is still very readable People who knock books on goodreads because three words in the whole book were misspelled or the punctuation wasn t correct are suffering from the bias of over correction Like people who correct your version of there in an email, like it matters at ...I wavered back and forth between 2 and 3 stars Truthfully, if I could have read the original in French, perhaps my opinion might be different The translation was awful in some places, so perhaps that is to blame Additionally, some facts were outright wrong, and there are also unknowns presented as fact the author insisting that Edward sent Harold to swear an oath to William Then ...

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10 January 2018

François Neveux