
Medieval England
From Hastings to Bosworth
Edmund King(Author)
The British Library(Co-Author)
The History Press Ltd
Will be published approx. on 29. May 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7524-5052-0 (ISBN)
Description
Medieval England presents a broad panorama of the political and cultural development of English society from the Norman Conquest to the end of the Wars of the Roses. It is a story of change, progress, setback and consolidation, with England emerging as a wealthy and stable country, many of whose essential features were to remain unchanged until the industrial revolution.
Edmund King traces his chronicle the lives of successive monarchs, the inescapable thread of that epoch. Yet the great nobles, knights and merchants meeting in parliament provided constraints which bound even the most powerful king, and a major theme of this book is the gradual emergence of a single political community of shared ideas embracing all ranks of society. Within this framework the author examines many other facets of medieval England, including everyday life, warfare and chivalry, religion and learning, agriculture and economic developments, the machinery of government, the administration of justice, art and architecture.
Edmund King traces his chronicle the lives of successive monarchs, the inescapable thread of that epoch. Yet the great nobles, knights and merchants meeting in parliament provided constraints which bound even the most powerful king, and a major theme of this book is the gradual emergence of a single political community of shared ideas embracing all ranks of society. Within this framework the author examines many other facets of medieval England, including everyday life, warfare and chivalry, religion and learning, agriculture and economic developments, the machinery of government, the administration of justice, art and architecture.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 120 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-5052-0 (9780752450520)
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