Angevin England: 1154 � 1258 Paperback - 1996
by Richard Mortimer
- New
- Paperback
Mortimer covers the reigns of Henry II, his sons Richard the Lionheart and John, and much of that of his grandson Henry III. The period was beset by constant wars with France, frequent troubles with the popes, and baronial rebellions culminating in the Magna Carta.
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Details
- Title Angevin England: 1154 � 1258
- Author Richard Mortimer
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 280
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Blackwell Pub, Oxford
- Date 1996
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # __0631202846
- ISBN 9780631202844 / 0631202846
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9.08 x 5.92 x 0.85 in (23.06 x 15.04 x 2.16 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93036482
- Dewey Decimal Code 942.03
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From the rear cover
This is not only a history of the politics of the period but of society and culture, and the interactions of the three. The author seeks to capture the energy of the time, exploring and describing lifestyles, literacy, learning, saints, knights, peasants, pilgrims, and the landscape itself, with its thick woodlands and forests and largely unpaved roads. This was a formative and a creative age: written records largely replaced oral traditions, English re-emerged as a literary language, a distinctive style of gothic architecture evolved, and the sense of Englishness, submerged by the troubles of the Norman conquest, became once more apparent among all ranks of the people.
The book is appropriately illustrated with maps, genealogies and photographs, is fully referenced and contains an extensive guide to primary and secondary sources divided by subject.
