Carmen de Triumpho Normannico - The Song of the Norman Conquest - Bishop Guy D'Amiens

DO NOT BUY USED BOOKS WITH DATES OF PUBLICATION BEFORE 2017. Republished in July 2017, this is an all new transcription and translation of the 1067 Carmen by Bishop Guy d'Amiens - the earliest account of the Norman Conquest. There are four appendices with substantial new research: I. Imperium in England to 966, II. Imperium in England 966 to 1066, III. A new geography of the Norman Conquest, IV. Royal, urban and ecclesiastical jurisdictions. The Carmen follows the conquest from Normandy to St Valery-sur-Somme to the Sussex coast to the blood-stained ridge of the battlefield, to King Harold's burial, to Hastings, Dover, Winchester, Westminster and London. It is the most complete account we have of the events of 1066. New research suggests the Normans landed in the Brede Basin of East Sussex, now the Brede Valley. It was then a huge estuarine port formerly named Portus Hastingas & Pevenisel. The port and its salt and iron-rich manors either side were possessions of Fecamp Abbey in Normandy until seized violently by Godwin and Harold during their rebellion against King Edward the Confessor in 1052. The Normans landed in the basin, camped near the port, and raided the region for supplies, cattle and slaves. The battle of Hastings likely occurred on a ridge facing the valley known to the Saxons simply as Senlac - 'sandy loch'. The Song of the Norman Conquest is a must read for students and historians of the Norman Conquest and a fun read for everyone else.