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Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 / Matthew Strickland.
LIBRA DA206 .S77 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strickland, Matthew, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henry, King of England, 1155-1183.
- Henry.
- Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189--Family.
- Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189.
- Families.
- Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Kings and rulers.
- Great Britain--History--Henry II, 1154-1189.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 472 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- A forgotten king?
- Born in the purple: early childhood and infant marriage, 1155-1160
- Rex puer: coronation plans and associative kingship, 1161-1163
- Training for kingship, 1163-1169
- Novus rex: the coronation, 1170
- The regent and the martyr, 1170-1172
- "A king without a kingdom": the seeds of war, 1172-1173
- "The cubs of the roaring lion shall awaken": the outbreak of war, 1173
- Invasion: the onslaught renewed, 1174
- A fragile peace, 1175-1177
- Apogee: king of the tournament, 1177-1182
- Keeping the balance of power: France, 1178-1182
- The brothers' war, 1183
- Vir sanctus: death, commemoration and legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300215519
- 0300215517
- OCLC:
- 941583187
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