Henry Ii

Author : Wilfred Lewis Warren
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520022829
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry II written by Wilfred Lewis Warren and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry II was an enigma to contemporaries, and has excited widely divergent judgements ever since. Dramatic incidents of his reign, such as his quarrel with Archbishop Becket and his troubled relations with his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and his sons, have attracted the attention of historical novelists, playwrights and filmmakers, but with no unanimity of interpretation. That he was a great king there can be no doubt. Yet his motives and intentions are not easy to divine, and it is Professor Warren's contention that concentration on the great crises of the reign can lead to distortion. This book is therefore a comprehensive reappraisal of the reign based, with rare understanding, on contemporary sources; it provides a coherent and persuasive revaluation of the man and the king, and is, in itself, an eloquent and impressive achievement.

Author : Christopher Harper-Bill
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843833406
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry II written by Christopher Harper-Bill and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry II is the most imposing figure among the medieval kings of England. His fiefs & domains extended from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, & his court was frequented by the greatest thinkers of his time. Best known for his dramatic conflicts, it was also a crucial period in the evolution of legal & governmental institutions.

Author : Matthew Lewis
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445671573
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine written by Matthew Lewis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful medieval couple who formed an empire beyond England, and whose children included Richard the Lionheart and King John.

Author : Emilie Amt
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780851153483
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Accession of Henry II in England written by Emilie Amt and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed examination of the steps by which Henry II negotiated peace and established the authority of his government.

Author : John Hosler
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047419340
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry II written by John Hosler and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended as a military biography, this book studies the scope of Henry Plantagenet's warfare during his tenure as count of Anjou, duke of Normandy, and king of England. Relying heavily upon medieval documents, it analyzes his generalship and reexamines his place amongst the important military commanders in English history.

Author : Matthew Strickland
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300219555
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 written by Matthew Strickland and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father’s lifetime. Crowned at fifteen to secure an undisputed succession, Henry played a central role in the politics of Henry II’s great empire and was hailed as the embodiment of chivalry. Yet, consistently denied direct rule, the Young King was provoked first into heading a major rebellion against his father, then to waging a bitter war against his brother Richard for control of Aquitaine, dying before reaching the age of thirty having never assumed actual power. In this remarkable history, Matthew Strickland provides a richly colored portrait of an all-but-forgotten royal figure tutored by Thomas Becket, trained in arms by the great knight William Marshal, and incited to rebellion by his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, while using his career to explore the nature of kingship, succession, dynastic politics, and rebellion in twelfth-century England and France.

Author : Frederic J. Baumgartner
Publisher : Durham, NC : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry II, King of France 1547-1559 written by Frederic J. Baumgartner and published by Durham, NC : Duke University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Colette Bowie
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9782503549712
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine written by Colette Bowie and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three daughters of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine all undertook exogamous marriages which cemented dynastic alliances and furthered the political and diplomatic ambitions of their parents and their spouses. It might be expected that the choices made by Matilda, Leonor, and Joanna with regard to religious patronage and dynastic commemoration would follow the customs and patterns of their marital families, yet in many cases these choices appear to have been strongly influenced by ties to their natal family. Their involvement in the burgeoning cult of Thomas Becket, their patronage of Fontevrault Abbey, the names they gave to their children, and the ways in which they were buried, suggests that all three women were able, to varying degrees, to transplant Angevin family customs to their marital lands. By examining the childhoods, marriages, and programmes of patronage and commemoration of Matilda, Leonor and Joanna, this monograph compares and contrasts the experiences of three high-profile twelfth-century royal women, and advances the hypothesis that there may have been stronger emotional ties within the Angevin dynasty than has previously been allowed for.

Author : Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440642397
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil's Brood written by Sharon Kay Penman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking and sweeping epic of a family at its breaking point, Devil’s Brood shows how Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine—two monumental figures once bound by all-consuming love—became the bitterest of adversaries... A.D. 1172. Henry II’s three eldest sons conspire against him and align themselves with his greatest enemy, King Louis of France, but it’s Eleanor of Aquitaine’s involvement in the plot to overthrow her husband that proves to be the harshest betrayal. As a royal family collapses and a marriage ends in all but name, the clash between these two strong-willed and passionate souls will have far-reaching and devastating consequences throughout Christendom.

Author : Robert William Eyton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Court, Household, and Itinerary of King Henry II written by Robert William Eyton and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: