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King Edward II : Edward of Caernarfon, his life, his reign, and its aftermath, 1284-1330 /
Edward of Caernarfon is best known today for his disastrous military defeat in 1314 at Bannockburn, where his English army was defeated by a vastly inferior Scottish force led by Robert the Bruce, leading to Scottish Independence. This catastrophe was one of many in a disastrous career marked by ind...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Ithaca :
McGill-Queen's Univ. Press,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Edward of Caernarfon is best known today for his disastrous military defeat in 1314 at Bannockburn, where his English army was defeated by a vastly inferior Scottish force led by Robert the Bruce, leading to Scottish Independence. This catastrophe was one of many in a disastrous career marked by indolence, vengefulness, vacillation in relationships with France, deranged policies at home, and constitutional wrangling, ultimately brought to an end by a minor insurgency led by his vindictive wife and her paramour, a disaffected baron. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 604 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-566) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773570566 077357056X 1282860720 9781282860728 9786612860720 6612860723 |