Year 2
History
The Little Duke
by Charlotte Yonge
The Little Duke, a Victorian Juvenile novel by Charlotte Mary Yonge
is a fictionalized account of Richard's boyhood and early struggles.
is a fictionalized account of Richard's boyhood and early struggles.
Richard 1 & his children
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Study Guide for
The Little Duke
Study Guide for
The Little Duke
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Charlotte Mary Yonge was born in Otterbourne, Hampshire, England, on 11 August 1823 to William Yonge and Fanny Yonge, née Bargus.[1] She was educated at home by her father, studying Latin, Greek, French, Euclid and algebra.[2] Her father's lessons could be harsh:
He required a diligence and accuracy that were utterly alien to me. He thundered at me so that nobody could bear to hear it, and often reduced me to tears, but his approbation was so delightful that it was a delicious stimulus.... I believe, in spite of all breezes over my innate slovenliness, it would have broken our hearts to leave off working together. And we went on till I was some years past twenty.[3] She was was devoted to the Church of England and was a near neighbour and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Yonge is herself sometimes referred to as "the novelist of the Oxford Movement", as her novels frequently reflect the values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism. She remained in Otterbourne all her life and for 71 years was a teacher in the village Sunday school.[6] |
Richard I of Normandy (933–996),
also known as Richard the Fearless ,
was the Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996.[1]
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He was born to William I of Normandy, princeps[4] or ruler of Normandy, and Sprota.[1] and was also the grandson of the famous Rollo. His mother was a Breton concubine captured in war and bound to William by a Danish marriage.[5] William was told of the birth of a son after the battle with Riouf and other Viking rebels, but his existence was kept secret until a few years later when William Longsword first met his son and heir, Richard. William sent Richard to be raised in Bayeux.[6]
Richard was about 10 years old when his father was killed on 17 December 942.[1] Shortly thereafter, Louis IV of France seized Normandy, installed the boy Richard in his father's office, then placed him in the care of the count of Ponthieu.[8] The king then split the lands, giving lower Normandy to Hugh the Great. Richard was still a boy when his father died, and so he was powerless to stop Louis IV of France when he seized Normandy. Louis confined Richard at Lâon,[9] but with the assistance of Osmond de Centville, Bernard de Senlis (who had been a companion of Rollo of Normandy), Ivo de Bellèsme, and Bernard the Dane[10] , Richard escaped. After William was killed, Sprota became the wife of Esperleng, a wealthy miller; Rodulf of Ivry was their son and Richard's half-brother.[7] In 946, Richard allied himself with the Norman and Viking leaders, drove Louis out of Rouen, and took back Normandy by 947.[11] In 962 Theobald I, Count of Blois attacked Rouen, Richard’s stronghold, but his army was defeated by the Normans and retreated never having crossed the Seine.[12][13] Lothair king of the West Franks stepped in to prevent any further war between the two.[14] Afterwards, and until his death in 996, Richard concentrated on strengthening the Norman Empire not by expansion, but by stabilizing the realm and uniting his followers into a cohesive and formidable principality[15] in three important ways. First, Richard either introduced or greatly expanded feudalism into Normandy. By the end of his reign, most important landholders held their lands in feudal tenure.[3] Second, Richard used marriage to build strong alliances with rival Viking groups as well as the king of England.[16] Furthermore, Richard built on his relationship with the church, restoring their lands and insuring that the great monasteries flourished. Because of these choices, the reign of Richard I was marked by an extended period of peace and tranquility.[16][17] from wikipedia |
Note: Do not confuse William I, the 2nd Duke of Normandy (942) with his descendent William the Conqueror, 7th Duke of Normandy 1035-1087 and King of England 1066-1087.
***Remember that William the Conqueror invaded England, defeated and killed his rival Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.*** Also, Leif Ericson is believed to have been born in about 970, so this story predates even that one 
PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES
Bayeux (ba-yuh ́) Brecey (bree-sa ́) Briouze (bree-ooz ́) Brit ́-tan-y Bur ́-gun-dy Caen (kon) Centeville (sont-vee ́-ye) Crecy (kra-see ́) Dives (deev) Epte (ept) Eu (uh) Falaise (fal-aze ́) Gervaise (jer-vaz ́) Goelet (jo-lay ́) Guibray (je-bra ́) Laon (lon) Noireat (nwar-e-a ́) Rouen (rwan) Seine (sane) Val-es-Dunes (val-a-dune ́) Valognes (val-own ́) |
Geneology of Witlliam the Conqueror
From wikipedia: " Genealogy of William the conqueror back up to Rollo source here"
Resources
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Richard the Fearless podcast Download 2009 by Lars Brownworth.
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Succeeded by
Richard II |
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05
The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages
******Massive collection of Historic Maps******
Another Massive collection of Historic Maps at Emerson-Kent
Britain about 600 AD (Click to enlarge)
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Château-Gaillard, Eure, Normandy.
