Medieval intrigue : decoding royal conspiracies / Ian Mortimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mortimer, Ian, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327.

Edward.

Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377.

Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400.

Richard.

Great Britain--History--Plantagenets, 1154-1399.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1154-1399.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Succession--History--To 1500.

Great Britain--History--Plantagenets, 1154-1399--Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, [New York] : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In this important new work Ian Mortimer examines some of the most controversial questions in medieval history, including whether Edward II was murdered, his possible later life in Italy, the weakness of the Lancastrian claim to the throne in 1399 and the origins of the idea of the royal pretender. Central to this book is his ground-breaking approach to medieval evidence. He explains how an information-based method allows a more certain reading of a series of texts. He criticises existing modes of arriving at consensus and outlines a process of historical analysis that ultimately leads to quest

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Objectivity and information: a methodological introduction; 2 Sermons of sodomy: a reconsideration of Edward II's sodomitical reputation; 3 The death of Edward II in Berkeley Castle; 4 Twelve angry scholars: reactions to 'The death of Edward II'; 5 The plot of the earl of Kent, 1328-30; 6 Edward III, his father and the Fieschi; 7 Edward III and the moneylenders; 8 Richard II and the succession to the Crown; 9 The rules governing succession to the Crown, 1199-1399; 10 Regnal legitimacy and the concept of the royal pretender

11 Concluding remarksFull titles of works cited in the notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-357) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-82191-1

9786612821912

1-4411-4858-2

1-4411-6049-3

OCLC:

670412141