An edition of The English and the Normans (2003)
The English and the Normans
ethnic hostility, assimilation, and identity, 1066-c. 1220
By Hugh M. Thomas
Publish Date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
eng
Pages
468
Description:
This work challenges the complacency about the inevitability of assimilation and of the Anglicization of Normans after 1066. Drawing on a variety of sources, it provides a case study in pre-modern ethnic relations, shedding light on some important developments in English history.
subjects: Anglo-Saxons, Assimilation (Sociology), Ethnic relations, Group identity, History, Normans, Social conflict, Great britain, history, Normans, great britain, Great britain, ethnic relations
People: House of Plantagenet
Places: Great Britain
Times: Norman period, 1066-1154, Plantagenets, 1154-1399, To 1500