Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 764 Seiten)
ISBN:
9780300255508
Series Statement:
The English Monarchs Series
Content:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- A NOTE ON THE TEXT -- MAPS AND TABLES -- 1 From Henry’s Birth to the End of the Minority, 1207–1227 -- 2 Henry and Hubert de Burgh, 1227–1231 -- 3 The Regime of Peter des Roches, 1232–1234 -- 4 Years of Success, 1234–1241 -- 5 Defeat: Poitou and Gascony, 1242–1243 -- 6 The Piety of Henry III -- 7 The Court of Henry III -- 8 Years of Division, 1243–1250 -- 9 Gascony and the International Context, 1243–1252 -- 10 Henry the Crusader, 1250–1253 -- 11 The Gascon Expedition and the Beginnings of the Sicilian affair, 1253–1254 -- 12 The Last Years of the Personal Rule, 1255–1257 -- 13 The Revolution of 1258 -- Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Content:
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 ended Nine 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
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 780300238358
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als print ISBN 9780300238358
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300255508
