Tales From the Long Twelfth Century

Tales From the Long Twelfth Century
Author :
Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 339
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780300187281
ISBN-13 : 0300187289
Rating : 4/5 (289 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Tales From the Long Twelfth Century by : Richard Huscroft

Download or read book Tales From the Long Twelfth Century written by Richard Huscroft and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intriguing book tells the story of England’s great medieval Angevin dynasty in an entirely new way. Departing from the usual king-centric narrative, Richard Huscroft instead centers each of his chapters on the experiences of a particular man or woman who contributed to the broad sweep of events. Whether noble and brave or flawed and fallible, each participant was struggling to survive in the face of uncontrollable forces. Princes, princesses, priests, heroes, relatives, friends, and others—some well known and others obscure—all were embroiled in the drama of historic events. Under Henry II and his sons Richard I (the Lionheart) and John, the empire rose to encompass much of the British Isles and the greater part of modern France, yet it survived a mere fifty years. Huscroft deftly weaves together the stories of individual lives to illuminate the key themes of this exciting and formative era.


Tales From the Long Twelfth Century Related Books

Tales From the Long Twelfth Century
Language: en
Pages: 339
Authors: Richard Huscroft
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-26 - Publisher: Yale University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This intriguing book tells the story of England’s great medieval Angevin dynasty in an entirely new way. Departing from the usual king-centric narrative, Rich
The Angevin Empire
Language: en
Pages: 120
Authors: John Gillingham
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1984 - Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

At its greatest extent, the Angevin Empire stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees. For fifty years it was the dominant political entity and "English
Brittany and the Angevins
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: J. A. Everard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-10-05 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The rule of the Angevins in Brittany is characterized usually as opening an isolated 'Celtic' society to a wider world and imposing new and alien institutions.
The Reign of Richard Lionheart
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Ralph V. Turner
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
England under the Norman and Angevin Kings
Language: en
Pages: 830
Authors: Robert Bartlett
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-08-08 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This lively and far-reaching account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest provides a vivid pict