The Illustrated History of Chester

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The history oí the city oí Chester is so much more than the occupying Román Legions and the walled fortress that they built on a sandstone outcrop overlooking the River Dee. This book investigates the very earliest settlement of the site prior to the Román invasion, as well as looking at the various periods of settlement, notable characters and important events that have helped to shape the city that stands today.
For well over 1,400 years, Chester remained a centre of religious, military and political power, as well as one oí- the most pre-eminent trading ports in all of England. Throughout its history, it has played host to somé of the most notable characters of the age, including the Anglo-Saxon King Egbert, William the Conqueror and the eight Norman Earls vvho ruled the city and its wider regions tor well over 160 years. The two great Plantagenet monarchs, Henry III and his militaristic son Edward Longshanks, used Chester as their base for the vicious military campaigns that... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The history oí the city oí Chester is so much more than the occupying Román Legions and the walled fortress that they built on a sandstone outcrop overlooking the River Dee. This book investigates the very earliest settlement of the site prior to the Román invasion, as well as looking at the various periods of settlement, notable characters and important events that have helped to shape the city that stands today.
For well over 1,400 years, Chester remained a centre of religious, military and political power, as well as one oí- the most pre-eminent trading ports in all of England. Throughout its history, it has played host to somé of the most notable characters of the age, including the Anglo-Saxon King Egbert, William the Conqueror and the eight Norman Earls vvho ruled the city and its wider regions tor well over 160 years. The two great Plantagenet monarchs, Henry III and his militaristic son Edward Longshanks, used Chester as their base for the vicious military campaigns that they waged against the Royal Princes of Wales. The usurper King Henry IV came to Chester to oust the legitimate monarch Richárd II from his throne and the city of Chester alsó hosted Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, who faced Bolingbroke at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. The city and its people alsó remained resolute during the I7th-century Civil War siege, which witnessed the bombardment and starvation of Chester's Royalist defenders in defense of the ill-fated monarch Charles I who later lost his bead.
The past 200 years have not been so glorious, however, and a good deal of the ancient city, including its Norman Castle, has been largely swept avvay in the rush to create a régiónál tourist attraction, often at the cost of the city's most important architectural treasures. The old city vvill live on, however, in this fascinating new title The lllustrated History of Chester. Vissza