Tales from the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire by Huscroft, Richard

Tales from the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300228700)

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Tales from the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire by Huscroft, Richard

Tales from the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire

$25.00
Tales from the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire by Huscroft, Richard

Tales from the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire

$25.00
Format: Paperback
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This intriguing book tells the story of England's great medieval Angevin dynasty in an entirely new way. Departing from the usual king-centric narrative, Richard Huscroft instead centers each of his chapters on the experiences of a particular man or woman who contributed to the broad sweep of events. Whether noble and brave or flawed and fallible, each participant was struggling to survive in the face of uncontrollable forces. Princes, princesses, priests, heroes, relatives, friends, and others--some well known and others obscure--all were embroiled in the drama of historic events.

Under Henry II and his sons Richard I (the Lionheart) and John, the empire rose to encompass much of the British Isles and the greater part of modern France, yet it survived a mere fifty years. Huscroft deftly weaves together the stories of individual lives to illuminate the key themes of this exciting and formative era.

Author: Richard Huscroft
ISBN-10: 0300228708
ISBN-13: 9780300228700
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2017
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d
By Richard Huscroft
By Richard Huscroft
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Richard Huscroft teaches history at Westminster School, London, and is the author of three previous books. He lives in London.

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