Victor Khadem, Programme Secretary for the Saddleworth Historical Society, has kindly provided details of a lecture assessing the impact of the Norman Conquest of Yorkshire on Wednesday at 7.30pm on 6th April at The Conservative Club, High Street, Uppermill. The lecture will be given by Dr Paul Dalton, a leading authority on the subject.
Even after defeating King Harold at the battle of Hastings in October 1066 and securing his coronation as king of the English at Westminster on Christmas day 1066, William the Conqueror still had much to do to complete the Norman Conquest of England. During the next five years he was confronted by a series of major English rebellions against his authority, some of which received support from Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Denmark. Yorkshire was the focus of some of the most determined resistance to Norman rule.
This talk will explore the methods William used to deal with this resistance, and important aspects of the dramatic impact the Norman Conquest had on Yorkshire. It will also suggest that the region of Saddleworth might have been directly caught up, albeit briefly, in this process of Conquest.
Dr Paul Dalton is a Principal Lecturer in History at Canterbury Christ Church University. He has published widely on the political and religious history of the Anglo-Norman world, including a monograph book Conquest, Anarchy and Lordship: Yorkshire 1066-1154 published by Cambridge University Press.
Entry for non-members is £3.
Wednesday 6th April, 7:30 p.m.The Conservative Club, High Street, Uppermill
Medieval Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society 