{"product_id":"conquest-to-dissolution-1067-1538-keith-foord-9781903099049","title":"Conquest to Dissolution 1067-1538: A history of eastern Sussex, Battle, Bexhill, Hastings, Pevensey, Robertsbridge, Rye and Winchelsea - a fascinating","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1066 eastern Sussex was the beachhead for the successful invasion of England by Duke\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam II of Normandy.\u003c\/strong\u003e He was crowned William I, King of England, at Christmas 1066\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand 1067 was the first year of the Normanisation of England. 1538 saw the dissolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the major monasteries and abbeys including those of Battle and Robertsbridge, and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estart of the English Reformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did William and his successors, from the houses of Normandy and Blois, via the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngevin and Plantagenet kings, through the Wars of the Roses to the rise of the Tudors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echange eastern Sussex? \u003cstrong\u003eMost of the history is hidden away in ancient documents, but some\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eremains visible, in the ruins of old abbeys and castles and in the landscape itself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore 1066 eastern Sussex appears to have been somewhat separate from the sub-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKingdoms of Sussex - and many would say it still is. It was more influenced by the Kingdom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Kent to the east than the rather fragmented Sussex to the west. It was at times called\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHastingas - which existed from about the 6th to the early 11th centuries. This evolved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto became the part of Sussex called the Rape of Hastings, which, with the Hundred of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePevensey, makes up '1066 Country': eastern Sussex. It stretches from Pevensey to Rye, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einland from the coast to the Kentish boundary. Battle and its abbey sits at its heart, on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esite of the Battle of Hastings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe ways in which Battle, Bexhill, Pevensey, Robertsbridge, Rye, Winchelsea and all of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeastern Sussex evolved between 1067 and 1538 are covered in this book. It also acts as a\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eguide book to further reading about the more complex issues.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Foord\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1903099048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781903099049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Battle and District Historical Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.65d","brand":"Keith Foord","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074074374399,"sku":"9781903099049","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0dfe2f6e-a0a6-452d-8ccc-f0d6b442f6a4.jpg?v=1685451627","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conquest-to-dissolution-1067-1538-keith-foord-9781903099049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}