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Richard II and the rebel earl /
The reign of Richard II and the circumstances of his deposition have long been subject to intense debate. This new interpretation of the politics of the late-fourteenth century offers an in-depth survey of Richard's reign from the perspective of one of the leading nobles who came to oppose him,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ;
4th ser. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The reign of Richard II and the circumstances of his deposition have long been subject to intense debate. This new interpretation of the politics of the late-fourteenth century offers an in-depth survey of Richard's reign from the perspective of one of the leading nobles who came to oppose him, Thomas Beauchamp, the Appellant Earl of Warwick. This is the first full-length study of one of Richard II's opponents to explore not only why the Earl rebelled against the King, but also why Richard lost his throne. Rather than offering the traditional explanation of a subject grown too mighty, Alison Gundy sets Warwick's rule in the context of the political and constitutional framework of the period. The interplay of local and national events helps to reveal Warwick's motives as a long-serving member of the nobility faced with a king determined to rule in a manner contradictory to contemporary political structures. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 293 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107416376 110741637X 9781139033237 1139033239 9781107420359 1107420350 1107423724 9781107423725 1139890190 9781139890199 1108400876 9781108400879 1107421772 9781107421776 1107419077 9781107419070 1107417732 9781107417731 |