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Tales from the long twelfth century : the rise and fall of the Angevin Empire / Richard Huscroft.
LIBRA DA205 .H87 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huscroft, Richard, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Angevin period, 1154-1216.
- Great Britain.
- Anjou, House of.
- Great Britain--History--12th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Prologue: a diabolical dynasty
- The birth of an empire
- The Earl's tale: Hugh Bigod, civil war and royal recovery
- The growth of an empire
- The disciple's tale: Herbert of Bosham and the Becket dispute
- The young king's tale: Henry Fitzroy and his troublesome family
- The princess's tale: Joan, the Crusades and the politics of Europe
- The death of an empire
- Nephew's tale: Arthur of Brittany and the collapse of Angevin power
- The friend's tale: William de Briouze and the tyranny of King John
- The exile's tale: Stephen Langton and the road to Magna Carta
- The matron's tale: Nicola de la Haye and the defence of England
- Epilogue: dreams and fortune.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300187250
- 0300187254
- OCLC:
- 930026695
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