Author: Richard CassidyPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Richard of Cornwall and the Royal Mints and Exchanges, 1247-59
Author: Richard CassidyRichard of Cornwall
Author: Darren BakerPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398112186
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Richard the second son of King John was a crusader and one of the wealthiest men in Europe. He was also a constant threat to his brother, Henry III.
Henry III
Author: Darren BakerPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750985224
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
‘Henry III is generally classed among the weakest and most incompetent of England’s medieval kings. Darren Baker tells a different story.’- Michael Clanchy, author of England and Its Rulers, 1066–1307 ‘A personal and detailed narrative...bring[s] alive the glamour and personalities of thirteenth-century England.’- Huw Ridgeway, author of ‘Henry III’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ‘Enterprising, original and engaging’ - David Carpenter, author of The Reign of King Henry III Henry III (1207–72) reigned for 56 years, the longest-serving English monarch until the modern era. Although knighted by William Marshal, he was no warrior king like his uncle Richard the Lionheart. He preferred to feed the poor to making war and would rather spend time with his wife and children than dally with mistresses and lord over roundtables. He sought to replace the dull projection of power imported by his Norman predecessors with a more humane and open-hearted monarchy. But his ambition led him to embark on bold foreign policy initiatives to win back the lands and prestige lost by his father King John. This set him at odds with his increasingly insular barons and clergy, now emboldened by the protections of Magna Carta. In one of the great political duels of history, Henry struggled to retain the power and authority of the crown against radical reformers like Simon de Montfort. He emerged victorious, but at a cost both to the kingdom and his reputation among historians. Yet his long rule also saw extraordinary advancements in politics and the arts, from the rise of the parliamentary state and universities to the great cathedrals of the land, including Henry’s own enduring achievement, Westminster Abbey.
Henry III
Author: David CarpenterPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300255500
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 803
Book Description
The first in a ground-breaking two-volume history of Henry III’s rule, from when he first assumed the crown to the moment his personal rule endedNine years of age when he came to the throne in 1216, Henry III had to rule within the limits set by the establishment of Magna Carta and the emergence of parliament. Pacific, conciliatory, and deeply religious, Henry brought many years of peace to England and rebuilt Westminster Abbey in honor of his patron saint, Edward the Confessor. He poured money into embellishing his palaces and creating a magnificent court. Yet this investment in "soft power" did not prevent a great revolution in 1258, led by Simon de Montfort, ending Henry's personal rule.Eminent historian David Carpenter brings to life Henry's character and reign as never before. Using source material of unparalleled richness—material that makes it possible to get closer to Henry than any other medieval monarch—Carpenter stresses the king’s achievements as well as his failures while offering an entirely new perspective on the intimate connections between medieval politics and religion.
A Dictionary of Numismatic Names
Author: Albert Romer FreyPublisher:
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Category : Numismatics
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Money and Coinage in the Middle Ages
Author: Rory NaismithPublisher:
ISBN: 9789004372467
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Money and Coinage in the Middle Ages presents an original and valuable set of studies into aspects of a critical but challenging category of material.
The Selected Writings and Speeches of Sir Edward Coke
Author: Sir Edward CokeThe Book of Public Arms
Author: Arthur Charles Fox-DaviesPublisher: London : T.C. & E.C. Jack
ISBN:
Category : Cities
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
Newton genealogy
Author: L.E. NewtonPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5872011652
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 881
Book Description
Newton genealogy, genealogical, biographical, historical being a record of the descendants of Richard Newton of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts 1638, with genealogies of families descended from the immigrants, Rev. Roger Newton of Milford, Connecticut; Thomas Newton of Fairfield, Connecticut; Matthew Newton of Stonington, Connecticut; Newtons of Virginia; Newtons near Boston.
Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States
Author: Bernard HamiltonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108915922
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
Monasticism was the dominant form of religious life both in the medieval West and in the Byzantine world. Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States explores the parallel histories of monasticism in western and Byzantine traditions in the Near East in the period c.1050-1300. Bernard Hamilton and Andrew Jotischky follow the parallel histories of new Latin foundations alongside the survival and revival of Greek Orthodox monastic life under Crusader rule. Examining the involvement of monasteries in the newly founded Crusader States, the institutional organization of monasteries, the role of monastic life in shaping expressions of piety, and the literary and cultural products of monasteries, this meticulously researched survey will facilitate a new understanding of indigenous religious institutions and culture in the Crusader states.