{"product_id":"conquered-the-last-children-of-anglo-saxon-england-9781788314503","title":"Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Outstanding.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully written.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Superbly adroit.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Excellent.\"\u003ci\u003e BBC History Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Norman Conquest is one of the most momentous events in English history and its consequences changed England forever. Indeed, the Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading families of Anglo-Saxon England - so what happened to the children this conflict left behind? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConquered offers a fresh take on the Norman Conquest by exploring the lives of those children, who found themselves uprooted by the dramatic events of 1066. Among them were the children of Harold Godwineson and his brothers, survivors of a family shattered by violence who were led by their courageous grandmother Gytha to start again elsewhere. Then there were the last remaining heirs of the Anglo-Saxon royal line - Edgar  theling, Margaret, and Christina - who sought refuge in Scotland, where Margaret became a beloved queen and saint. Other survivors, such as Waltheof of Northumbria and Fenland hero Hereward, became legendary for rebelling against the Norman conquerors. And then there were some, like Eadmer of Canterbury, who chose to influence history by recording their own memories of the pre-conquest world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom sagas and saints' lives to chronicles and romances, Parker draws on a wide range of medieval sources to tell the stories of these young men and women and highlight the role they played in developing a new Anglo-Norman society. These tales - some reinterpreted and retold over the centuries, others carelessly forgotten over time - are ones of endurance, adaptation and vulnerability, and they all reveal a generation of young people who bravely navigated a changing world and shaped the country England was to become.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Parker\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at Brasenose College, University of Oxford, UK. She also writes a regular column for \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452416692498,"sku":"9781788314503","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6a961a3a-f4a0-4e57-9bea-7562500ab511.jpg?v=1729811138","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/conquered-the-last-children-of-anglo-saxon-england-9781788314503","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}