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  • William Marshal

    Knight-Errant, Baron, and Regent of England

    de Sidney Painter ...
    Originally published in 1933. As mediaeval society was dominated by the feudal caste, a biography that depicts the position, activities, manners, and thoughts of a member of that class might do much to elucidate the history of the period. This is what Sidney Painter had in mind when he wrote a William Marshal: Knight-Errant, Baron, and Regent of England. The subject has proved a peculiarly ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

  • The Scourge of the Clergy

    Peter of Dreux, Duke of Brittany

    de Sidney Painter ...
    Originally published in 1937. Painter's Scourge of the Clergy is a biography of Peter of Dreux, who was the Count of Dreux from 1298 to 1345. This book engages in a conversation with specialists of medieval France and Brittany, given that Peter's career gives historians insight into the quarrels between church and state, the crusades of St. Louis, the struggles between French kings and vassals, ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • French Chivalry

    Chivalric Ideas and Practices in Mediaeval France

    de Sidney Painter ...
    Originally published in 1940. Chivalry denotes the ideals and practices considered suitable for a noble. The word itself is reminiscent of the aristocratic society of medieval France dominated by mounted warriors. As early as the eleventh century, several different views of chivalric standards and behavior had appeared. During the next four hundred years, these conceptions of the ideal nobleman ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • The Reign of King John

    de Sidney Painter ...
    Originally published in 1949. Lacking the warlike bluntness of his predecessor, Richard the Lionheart, John came to the throne of England at a time when economic forces in the realm were threatening to undermine the very basis of feudal power. The Reign of King John covers his attempts to adjust a political system to cope with this threat and at the same time to assert the hegemony of the monarchy ... Leer más

    $43.99 USD

  • Studies in the History of the English Feudal Barony

    de Sidney Painter ...
    Originally published in 1943. Sidney Painter explores the Angevin and Plantagenet baronage by surveying the methods that barons used to increase their prestige. Studies in the History of the English Feudal Barony challenges the traditional view of the Hundred Years' War as pivotal to the transition from twelfth-century lords and vassals to the nobility of the fifteenth century; from Painter's ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

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  • The Plantagenets

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  • Henry V: The Warrior King of 1415

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  • Stephen and Matilda

    The Civil War of 1139-53

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    Civil war and the battle for the English Crown dominated the reign of King Stephen, and this popular account is the only complete account of the complex and fascinating military situation. The war is examined in detail throughout the various campaigns, battles and sieges of the period, including the two major battles at the Standard and Lincoln, showing that Stephen always held more ground than ... Leer más

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  • Ladies of Magna Carta

    Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England

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    de Timothy Venning ...
    Series series An Alternative History of Britain
    Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the period from the death of William I to the reign of Edward III and a little beyond. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which History could easily have taken a different turn and analyses the possible and likely results. While necessarily speculative to a degree, the ... Leer más

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  • King Stephen

    de Edmund King ...
    Series series The English Monarchs Series
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