1066 Advantages

1066: The Year of the Conquest In the book, “1066” by David Howarth, I expect to gain information about the important history of the western world in the year 1066. I expect to gain knowledge on William the Conqueror defeating the English at the Battle of Hastings and what led to the changes of England forever. Additionally, I expect to gain information on the events of what happened and what led to those events. Overall, I expect to know all about the Year of Conquest. Prior to gaining knowledge about the book, I didn’t expect the book to be as interesting for me based on my preferred genres of books. I predicted it to be historical, which is not my preference of books. For instance, when I first got the book and read “1066” with the illustrations on the cover, I knew this book was not going to be …show more content…
Advantages gave great strength throughout the whole book. Some pros of this book allowed the reader to better understand exactly what is going on in the book and when the historical events occurred. For example, a good excerpt would be the idea of presenting important events in the history of 1066. For instance, describing who becomes king after the previous has died is a good point to describe because the reader could easily understand and take an account of the events that happens and what influences the emperor had on the people. After an emperor had died, the people would become under a new rule, and the author described the adjustments made after having to follow new directions under a new emperor. There were also cons in the book of 1066. There were misunderstandings in the book that led to disadvantages of gaining knowledge. 1066 also had some powers struggles that came about as I more into the story. For example, when the king was crowned he took an oath to serve his people with mercy, peace, and justice which later then caused the people to become less segregated and got rid of laws that would cause