Where our sources came from
many of us have used the same source books
so titles have only been mentioned once only, not duplicated
(note not all books will be in print. Links to Amazon.co.uk have been provided where possible)
many of us have used the same source books
so titles have only been mentioned once only, not duplicated
(note not all books will be in print. Links to Amazon.co.uk have been provided where possible)
Joanna Courtney
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England : Ian Mortimer
The Year 1000 : Robert Lacey & Danny Danziger
The House of Godwine, The History of a Dynasty : Emma Mason,
The Last King of Wales – Gruffyd Ap Llywellyn c. 1013-1063 : Michael and Sean Davis,
The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066 : Kelly De Vries
From the Vikings to the Normans : ed Wendy Davies
Vikings, A History, Neil Oliver
King Harald’s Saga, Snorri Sturluson : translated by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Palsson
Helen Hollick
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion : Lewis Thorpe
The Bayeux Tapestry : Carola Hicks
Hastings 1066 : Christopher Gravett
The Battle of Hastings : Jim Bradbury
The Life of King Edward the Confessor : Frank Barlow
Edward the Confessor : Frank Barlow
Harold the Last Anglo-Saxon King : Ian W. Walker
Anglo-Saxon England : F.M Stenton
Women in Anglo-Saxon England : Christine Fell
Kingship and Government in Pre-conquest England : Ann Williams
Queen Emma and Queen Edith : Pauline Stafford
Encomium Emmae Reginae : Alistair Campbell (ed)
Æthelred the Unready : Ann Williams
The English and the Norman Conquest : Ann Williams
Anglo Norman England : Marjorie Chibnall
The Normans : R. Allen Brown
Norman England : Trevor Rowley
Matilda : Tracy Borman
Other sources used - Helen's Website
Encomium Emmae Reginae : Alistair Campbell (ed)
Æthelred the Unready : Ann Williams
The English and the Norman Conquest : Ann Williams
Anglo Norman England : Marjorie Chibnall
The Normans : R. Allen Brown
Norman England : Trevor Rowley
Matilda : Tracy Borman
Other sources used - Helen's Website
Anna Belfrage
The Saxon and Norman Kings – Christopher Brooke
The Last English King – Julian Rathbone (more of a “fact-novel”)
The Feudal Kingdom of England 1042 - 1216 – Frank Barlow
Bayeux tapeten – Mogens Rud (Danish)
Spåren av kungens män – Maja Hagerman (Swedish)
Svensk Historia – Alf Henriksson (Swedish)
Online includes Saxo Grammaticus and his depiction of the Danish kings – including Sven Estridsen
Richard Dee
Good old Google for research, mainly:
The accounts of William of Malmesbury
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
William of Poitiers
G.K. Holloway
William the Conqueror : David C. Douglas
The Norman Conquest : Morris
William the Conqueror : David R Bates
Carol McGrath
The Bayeux Tapestry: New Approaches, Michael Lewis, Gale R Owen-Crocker and Dan Terkla ( editors),
The Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry, Andrew Bridgeford,
The Godwins : Rise and Fall of a Noble Dynasty, Frank Barlow
The Trotula: An English Translation of the Medieval Compendium of Women’s Medicine, Monica H Green ( Editor and translator),
Medieval Women 450 - 1500 : Henrietta Leyser
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, translated and edited by Michael Swanton,
Alison Morton
Helen Hollick Harold the King
ORBIS The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
Les Ponts De Rouen
Rotomagus (Wikipedia)
Tour de Rouen (Wikipedia)
A Time Traveller's Guide To Medieval ShoppingDigital Atlas of the Roman Empire
ORBIS The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
Les Ponts De Rouen
Rotomagus (Wikipedia)
Tour de Rouen (Wikipedia)
A Time Traveller's Guide To Medieval ShoppingDigital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Eliza Redgold
Donoghue, Daniel. (2003). 'Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend.' Oxford: Blackwell. An inspiring non-fiction sourcebook about Godiva including where to see paintings and sculptures.
Giles, J.A. (Trans.) (1849). 'Roger of Wendover’s Flowers of History, Comprising the history of England from the descent of the Saxons to A.D. 1235
Hicks, Carola. (2006). 'The Bayeux Tapestry: The Life Story of a Masterpiece.' London: Random House. Hicks suggests Edith of Wessex as the author of the Bayeux Tapestry and shows how women have been embroidered in its tales for centuries.
Swanton, Michael. (Ed. and Trans.) (1996). 'The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.' London: J.M. Dent. The old text that is central to our knowledge of English history.
Giles, J.A. (Trans.) (1849). 'Roger of Wendover’s Flowers of History, Comprising the history of England from the descent of the Saxons to A.D. 1235
Hicks, Carola. (2006). 'The Bayeux Tapestry: The Life Story of a Masterpiece.' London: Random House. Hicks suggests Edith of Wessex as the author of the Bayeux Tapestry and shows how women have been embroidered in its tales for centuries.
Swanton, Michael. (Ed. and Trans.) (1996). 'The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.' London: J.M. Dent. The old text that is central to our knowledge of English history.
Annie Whitehead
The Feudal kingdom of England 1042-1216 - Frank Barlow
The Fall of Saxon England - Richard Humble
Who’s Who in British History 55BC- AD1066 - Richard Fletcher
Bloodfeud - Richard Fletcher
Mercia (the Making of England) - Ian W Walker
The Late Anglo-Saxon Army - I.P Stephenson
A Guide to Later Anglo-Saxon England - D. Henson (no link available)
The Welsh Kings - Kari Maund
The Welsh Princes - Roger Turvey
