Peter Des Roches: An Alien in English Politics, 1205-1238 - Couverture souple

Vincent, Nicholas

 
9780521522151: Peter Des Roches: An Alien in English Politics, 1205-1238
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ISBN 10 : 0521522153 ISBN 13 : 9780521522151
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This is the first biography of one of the wealthiest and most influential bishops of medieval Europe, who for a period of over thirty years exercised a degree of power over the Plantagenet court second only to that of the king. The career of Peter des Roches and the activities of his fellow aliens are fundamental to an understanding of the process by which England and France developed as two separate kingdoms. As a politician, des Roches cast a shadow across the reigns of both John and Henry III. His biography encompasses the first detailed narrative yet attempted of English political history in the early 1230s and of the civil war of 1233–4. It sheds new light on such issues as the role of aliens in English politics, the reception of Magna Carta, the loss of Normandy, and the constitutional and administrative developments of the reign of Henry III.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the first biography of one of the wealthiest and most influential bishops of medieval Europe, who for a period of over thirty years exercised a degree of power over the Plantagenet court second only to that of the king. The career of Peter des Roches and the activities of his fellow aliens are fundamental to an understanding of the process by which England and France developed as two separate kingdoms. As a politician, des Roches cast a shadow across the reigns of both John and Henry III. His biography encompasses the first detailed narrative yet attempted of English political history in the early 1230s and of the civil war of 1233–4. It sheds new light on such issues as the role of aliens in English politics, the reception of Magna Carta, the loss of Normandy, and the constitutional and administrative developments of the reign of Henry III.

Revue de presse

' ... brilliant study ... Vincent has hunted down the widest possible range of sources, printed and unprinted, English and French, and has exploited them cleverly.' John Gillingham, The Times Literary Supplement

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521522153
ISBN 13 
9780521522151
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
566
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521552547: Peter des Roches: An Alien in English Politics, 1205–1238

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521552540 ISBN 13 :  9780521552547
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996
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