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Adam Usk, a Welsh lawyer in England and Rome during the first years of the fifteenth century, lived a peculiar life. He was, by turns, a professor, a royal advisor, a traitor, a schismatic, and a spy. He cultivated and then sabotaged figures of great influence, switching allegiances between kings, u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Justice, Steven, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
Adam, > of Usk, > active 1400 > Writing skill.
Adam, > of Usk, > active 1400. > Chronicon Adae de Usk, A.D. 1377-1421.
Adam, > of Usk, > active 1400
Chronicon Adae de Usk, A.D. 1377-1421 (Adam, of Usk)
To 1536
Written communication > England > History > To 1500.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Historiography
Written communication
Wales > History > 1063-1536 > Historiography.
Great Britain > History > House of Lancaster, 1399-1461 > Historiography.
Great Britain > History > Richard II, 1377-1399 > Historiography.
Pays de Galles > Histoire > 1063-1536 > Historiographie.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1399-1461 (Maison de Lancastre) > Historiographie.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1377-1399 (Richard II) > Historiographie.
England
Great Britain
Wales
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The First Secret
  • Chapter 2. The Story of William Clerk
  • Chapter 3. Fear
  • Chapter 4. Prophecy
  • Chapter 5. Utility
  • Chapter 6. Grief
  • Chapter 7. Theory of History
  • Chapter 8. Adam Usk's Secret
  • Conclusion
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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