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39 produkter
Long Live the King
The Mysterious Fate of Edward II
Häftad, 2021
190 kr
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Edward II’s murder at Berkeley Castle in 1327 is one of the most famous and lurid tales in all of English history. But is it true? For over five centuries, few people questioned it, but with the discovery in a Montpellier archive of a remarkable document, an alternative narrative has presented …
Blood Roses
The Houses of Lancaster and York Before the Wars of the Roses
Häftad, 2020
165 kr
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The Wars of the Roses didn’t start on the battlefield: Blood Roses traces it back to the beginning.Starting in 1245 with the founding of the House of Lancaster, Kathryn Warner follows a twisted path of political intrigue, bloody war and fascinating characters over 200 years. From the Barons’ Wars …
Black Death in England
Journal of the Plague Years in the Fourteenth Century
Inbunden, 2025
242 kr
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We have all heard of the Black Death and how it scythed its way through England and the rest of Europe in the late 1340s, and we hear that a third or perhaps even half of the entire English population died in this terrible pandemic. However the numbers are so vast that the victims become little …
Murder and Mayhem in Late Medieval England
Violence in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
Inbunden, 2026
220 kr
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England in the late Middle Ages was often a startlingly violent place, with a homicide rate many times higher than it is in the twenty-first century, long-running and murderous feuds, an often corrupt judicial system, and brutal punishments. Medieval English people lacked the stiff upper lip of …
John of Gaunt
Son of One King, Father of Another
Häftad, 2023
127 kr
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‘Old John of Gaunt, time-honour’d Lancaster’John of Gaunt (1340–1399) was the son of one king and the father of another. He claimed a Spanish kingdom via his wife, daughter of King Pedro the Cruel. He was the wealthiest, most powerful and most hated man in England for decades. He had a famous and …
Daughters of Edward I
Häftad, 2028
167 kr
Kommande
In 1254 the teenage heir to the English throne married a Spanish bride, the sister of the king of Castile, in Burgos, and their marriage of thirty-six years proved to be one of the great royal romances of the Middle Ages. Edward I of England and Leonor of Castile had at least fourteen children …
London, A Fourteenth-Century City and its People
Häftad, 2027
171 kr
Kommande
For the medieval period that was witness to a legion of political and natural disasters, the rise and fall of empires across the globe and one of the most devastating and greatest pandemics human kind has ever experienced, the fourteenth century was transformative.Peering through the looking-glass …
Edward II's Nieces: The Clare Sisters
Powerful Pawns of the Crown
Häftad, 2024
171 kr
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The de Clare sisters Eleanor, Margaret and Elizabeth were born in the 1290s as the eldest granddaughters of King Edward I of England and his Spanish queen Eleanor of Castile, and were the daughters of the greatest nobleman in England, Gilbert ‘the Red’ de Clare, earl of Gloucester. They grew to …
Living in Medieval England
The Turbulent Year of 1326
Häftad, 2024
167 kr
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1326 was one of the most dramatic years in English history. The queen of England, Isabella of France, invaded the country with an army of mercenaries to destroy her husband's powerful and detested lover, Hugh Despenser the Younger, and brought down her husband King Edward II in the process. It was …
Life in the Medieval Town
Inbunden, 2025
280 kr
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An original work of social history focusing on numerous fascinating aspects of life in an English town in the late Middle Ages.Welcome to a world which ordered people not to leave their homes after nightfall and not to let their pigs wander the streets, where butchers who sold bad meat to the …
Edward II
His Sexuality and Relationships
E-bok, 2024
227 kr
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Edward II is one of the most unsuccessful and unconventional kings in English history, and is well-known for having passionate and probably intimate relationships with men. In modern times, he has often been considered an LGBT+ icon of sorts. Edward II: His Sexuality and Relationships looks at the …
Sex and Sexuality in Medieval England
Inbunden, 2022
225 kr
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Sex and Sexuality in Medieval England allows the reader a peek beneath the bedsheets of our medieval ancestors, in an informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality in England from 1250 to 1450. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behaviour, and the ways in …
Sex & Sexuality in Medieval England
E-bok, 2022
132 kr
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"She incorporates stories from every rank of society, from monarchs to peasants between 1250 and 1450, to tell a sweeping tale of sex and sexuality." —Adventures of a Tudor NerdSex and Sexuality in Medieval England allows the reader a peek beneath the bedsheets of our medieval ancestors, in an …
Sex & Sexuality in Medieval England
E-bok, 2022
132 kr
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"She incorporates stories from every rank of society, from monarchs to peasants between 1250 and 1450, to tell a sweeping tale of sex and sexuality." —Adventures of a Tudor NerdSex and Sexuality in Medieval England allows the reader a peek beneath the bedsheets of our medieval ancestors, in an …
Edward II
The Unconventional King
Häftad, 2017
153 kr
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He is one of the most reviled English kings in history. He drove his kingdom to the brink of civil war a dozen times in less than twenty years. He allowed his male lovers to rule the kingdom. He led a great army to the most ignominious military defeat in English history. His wife took a lover and …
Richard II
A True King's Fall
Häftad, 2019
150 kr
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Richard II is a figure famous in England’s national myths - the king who went insane, the narcissist, the tyrant of Shakespeare’s play. History regards his rule either as that of a superhuman monarch or a crazed and vicious ruler. But Richard II was a complex and conflicted man - a person with …
Isabella of France
The Rebel Queen
Häftad, 2020
127 kr
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Isabella of France married Edward II in January 1308, and afterwards became one of the most notorious women in English history. In 1325, she was sent to her homeland to negotiate a peace settlement between her husband and her brother Charles IV, king of France. She refused to return. Instead, she …
Edward II's Nieces, The Clare Sisters
Powerful Pawns of the Crown
E-bok, 2020
91 kr
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"A great book to introduce you to three fascinating sisters whose marriages during the reign of the infamous Edward II transformed England." —Adventures of a Tudor NerdThe de Clare sisters Eleanor, Margaret and Elizabeth were born in the 1290s as the eldest granddaughters of King Edward I of …
Edward II's Nieces, The Clare Sisters
Powerful Pawns of the Crown
E-bok, 2020
91 kr
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"A great book to introduce you to three fascinating sisters whose marriages during the reign of the infamous Edward II transformed England." —Adventures of a Tudor NerdThe de Clare sisters Eleanor, Margaret and Elizabeth were born in the 1290s as the eldest granddaughters of King Edward I of …
Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II
Downfall of a King''s Favourite
E-bok, 2018
153 kr
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This story of the greatest villain of the 14th century is "a fascinating account of a tangled web of deceit, turmoil, courtly life, war and rebellion" (Britain Express).Born in the late 1280s, Hugh married King Edward I of England''s eldest granddaughter when he was a teenager. Ambitious and greedy …
Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II
Downfall of a King''s Favourite
E-bok, 2018
153 kr
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Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II tells the story of the greatest villain of the fourteenth century, his dazzling rise as favorite to the king and his disastrous fall.Born in the late 1280s, Hugh married King Edward I of Englands eldest granddaughter when he was a teenager. Ambitious and …
Following in the Footsteps of Edward II
A Historical Guide to the Medieval King
E-bok, 2019
91 kr
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"Informed and informative . . . a meticulous example of outstanding scholarship, and an inherently fascinating read." —Midwest Book Review Edward II is famously one of England''s most unsuccessful kings, as utterly different from his warlike father Edward I as any man possibly could be, and the …
Following in the Footsteps of Edward II
A Historical Guide to the Medieval King
E-bok, 2019
91 kr
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"Informed and informative . . . a meticulous example of outstanding scholarship, and an inherently fascinating read." —Midwest Book Review Edward II is famously one of England''s most unsuccessful kings, as utterly different from his warlike father Edward I as any man possibly could be, and the …
Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family
The Despensers
Inbunden, 2020
280 kr
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The Despensers were a baronial English family who rose to great prominence in the reign of Edward II (1307-27) when Hugh Despenser the Younger became the king's chamberlain, favourite and perhaps lover. He and his father Hugh the Elder wielded great influence, and Hugh the Younger's greed and …
Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family
The Despensers
E-bok, 2021
16 kr
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A historian’s fascinating account of two centuries in the lives of the powerful Despensers, famed for tragedy and scandal in medieval England. The Despensers were a baronial English family who rose to great prominence in the reign of Edward II (1307-27) when Hugh Despenser the Younger became the …
Rise and Fall of a Medieval Family
The Despensers
E-bok, 2021
15 kr
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A historian's fascinating account of two centuries in the lives of the powerful Despensers, famed for tragedy and scandal in medieval England. The Despensers were a baronial English family who rose to great prominence in the reign of Edward II (1307-27) when Hugh Despenser the Younger became the …
Daughters of Edward I
Inbunden, 2021
280 kr
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In 1254 the teenage heir to the English throne married a Spanish bride, the sister of the king of Castile, in Burgos, and their marriage of thirty-six years proved to be one of the great royal romances of the Middle Ages. Edward I of England and Leonor of Castile had at least fourteen children …
Daughters of Edward I
E-bok, 2021
16 kr
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A colorful biography of five royal sisters in medieval England. In 1254 the teenage heir to the English throne took a Spanish bride, the sister of the king of Castile, in Burgos. Their marriage of thirty-six years proved to be one of the great royal romances of the Middle Ages. Edward I of England …
Daughters of Edward I
E-bok, 2021
16 kr
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A colorful biography of five royal sisters in medieval England. In 1254 the teenage heir to the English throne took a Spanish bride, the sister of the king of Castile, in Burgos. Their marriage of thirty-six years proved to be one of the great royal romances of the Middle Ages. Edward I of England …
Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II
Downfall of a King's Favourite
Häftad, 2019
176 kr
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Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II tells the story of the greatest villain of the fourteenth century', his dazzling rise as favourite to the king and his disastrous fall.Born in the late 1280s, Hugh married King Edward I of England's eldest granddaughter when he was a teenager. Ambitious and …
