Harold, or the Norman Conquest is an opera in four acts with music by the British composer Frederic H. Cowen with a libretto by Edward Malet, edited by...
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of plays by Alan Ayckbourn Harold or the Norman Conquest, 1895 opera by Frederic H. Cowen and Edward Malet Norman Conquest, a mystery novel series by...
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Battle of Hastings (redirect from The battle of hastings)
Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. It took place approximately 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day...
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The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish...
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Harold or the Norman Conquest, an opera by Frederic Cowen Harold, an 1885 opera by Eduard Nápravník Harold, a character from the cartoon The Grim Adventures...
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until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, the decisive battle of the Norman Conquest. Harold's death marked the end of Anglo-Saxon...
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Harold (c. 1065 – 1098) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was driven into exile by the Norman conquest of England, and found refuge at...
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Rex Harold II p. 254 Huscroft Norman Conquest p. 131 Huscroft Norman Conquest pp. 131–133 Huscroft Norman Conquest pp. 138–139 Douglas William the Conqueror...
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Ulf or Wulf (fl. 1067 – 1087) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was captured during the course of the Norman conquest of England, and...
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there were Normans already settled in England before the conquest. Edward's successor, Harold Godwinson, was defeated by Duke William the Conqueror of...
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Godwinson, King of England. He was driven into exile in Dublin by the Norman conquest of England, along with two of his brothers, and from there he twice...
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driven into exile in Dublin, along with two of his brothers, by the Norman conquest of England, and from there he twice led expeditions to south-western...
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1068) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was, in all likelihood, driven into exile in Dublin by the Norman conquest of England, along with...
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The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results is a six-volume study of the Conquest by Edward A. Freeman, published between...
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significant, multiple ties to the Anglo-Saxon elite before the Norman Conquest. Malet's mother was said to be English. He was said to be the brother of Ælgifu, wife...
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Battle of Stamford Bridge (redirect from The Battle of Stamford Bridge)
with most of the Norwegians, were killed. Although Harold Godwinson repelled the Norwegian invaders, his army was defeated by the Normans at Hastings less...
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The Norman invasion of Wales began shortly after the Norman conquest of England under William the Conqueror, who believed England to be his birthright...
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Bayeux Tapestry (redirect from The Bayeux Tapestry)
up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, led by William, Duke of Normandy challenging Harold II, King of England, and culminating in the Battle...
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William I of England) Frederic Hymen Cowen: Harold or the Norman Conquest (as William, Duke of Normandy) William the Silent (William I, Prince of Orange) Gavin...
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Stigand (section Norman Conquest)
Stigand (died 1072) was an Anglo-Saxon churchman in pre-Norman Conquest England who became Archbishop of Canterbury. His birth date is unknown, but by...
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Bayeux Tapestry tituli (category Norman conquest of England)
to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle...
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Influence of French on English (category England in the High Middle Ages)
entered the language after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Old French, specifically the Old Norman dialect, became the language of the new Anglo-Norman court...
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soldiers or hiredmenn who fought for England before the Norman Conquest. From the annals, it is not clear whether other paid men were types of housecarl or a...
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Northumbrian Revolt of 1065 (category Norman conquest of England)
as the first stage in the destabilising of the English kingdom that led up to the Norman Conquest. During the first part of the reign of Edward the Confessor...
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were built under the Saxons before the Norman conquest. This structure was likely raised in 1048, possibly by Osbern Pentecost, on the site of an earlier...
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English from 1037 to 1040. Harold's nickname "Harefoot" is first recorded as "Harefoh" or "Harefah" in the twelfth century in the history of Ely Abbey, and...
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Council of Lillebonne (category Norman conquest of England)
The council, also called the Norman Council and Assembly of Lillebonne, began with the refusal of Harold to relinquish the crown of England. Two such...
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Earl (redirect from Earls in the United Kingdom)
After the Norman Conquest, it became the equivalent of the continental count. In Scotland, it assimilated the concept of mormaer. Since the 1960s, earldoms...
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Siege of Exeter (1068) (category Norman conquest of England)
force the submission of the city of Exeter in Devon, a stronghold of Anglo-Saxon resistance against Norman rule following the Norman conquest of England...
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Chew Valley hoard (category Harold Godwinson)
The Chew Valley hoard is a hoard of 2,528 coins from the mid-11th century, very shortly after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, that was found in...
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