''1066: The Year of the Conquest'' is a 1977 historical nonfiction book by

David Armine Howarth David Armine Howarth (28 July 1912 – 2 July 1991) was a British naval officer, boatbuilder, historian and author. Biography After graduating from the University of Cambridge, he became a war correspondent for BBC radio at the start of Wo ...

. 1066 was the year of the Norman conquest of England culminating in the

Battle of Hastings The Battle of Hastings nrf, Batâle dé Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conque ...

. The book spans the eventful year from Edward the Confessor's death to

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

's coronation.

Reception

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'' called the book "brilliantly imaginative", and lauded Howarth for avoiding presentism. William, Harold and the Horrors of Hasting
by Eve Auchincloss, in ''

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''; published February 26, 1978; retrieved September 11, 2019 '' Kirkus Reviews'' noted Howarth's "nostalgia for roughshod

feudalism Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structur ...

", and lack of "importantly new scholarship", but overall praised the energy of his narrative.1066: The Year of the Conquest
reviewed at '' Kirkus Reviews''; published January 25, 1977

References

1977 non-fiction books William Collins, Sons books {{england-hist-book-stub