Vincent Carpentier - William the Conqueror - The Last Viking.

William the Conqueror - The Last Viking (Broché)

Name: William the Conqueror
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Author: Vincent Carpentier
ISBN: 9782815103176

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Vincent Carpentier

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OREP Editions
Paru le : 01/06/2016

William the Conqueror's Channel crossing in 1066 went down in legend, but did you know that it was also the last Viking expedition in history ? The story... > Lire la suite

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William the Conqueror's Channel crossing in 1066 went down in legend, but did you know that it was also the last Viking expedition in history ? The story began three centuries earlier, on the North Sea coasts. Then, in the year 911, the King of France entrusted the Viking chief Rollo with the county of Rouen. In 1066, his descendant, William the Bastard, seventh Duke of Normandy, in turn went down in history by uniting the opposite shores of the English Channel.
Just like the expeditions the Northmen had led as far as Russia and America, the Norman Conquest of England was a great maritime and warring enterprise. This book tells you why and how William the Conqueror was the last of the Vikings...

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Date de parution : 01/06/2016
Editeur : OREP Editions
ISBN : 978-2-8151-0317-6
EAN : 9782815103176
Format : Grand Format
Présentation : Broché
Nb. de pages : 96 pages
Poids : 0.42 Kg
Dimensions : 19,5 cm × 24,0 cm × 0,9 cm

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Biographie de Vincent Carpentier

Vincent Carpentier is an archaeologist at the INRAP (National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research) and a doctor in medieval history and archaeology at Caen University. He has been in charge of archaeological excavations for the past twenty-five years and has published a number of articles and works on the Middle Ages, Normandy and the Vikings.