Henry I (Penguin Monarchs)

The Father of His People

Edmund King (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2022
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-199950-0 (ISBN)

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'To be a medieval king was a job of work ... This was a man who knew how to run a complex organization. He was England's CEO'

The youngest of William the Conqueror's sons, Henry I came to unchallenged power only after two of his brothers died in strange hunting accidents and he had imprisoned the other. He was destined to become one of the greatest of all medieval monarchs, both through his own ruthlessness, and through his dynastic legacy. Edmund King's engrossing portrait shows a strikingly charismatic, intelligent and fortunate man, whose rule was looked back on as the real post-conquest founding of England as a new realm: wealthy, stable, bureaucratised and self-confident.

Edmund King is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at Sheffield University. His books include a life of King Stephen, an edition of the Historia Novella of William of Malmesbury and Medieval England from Hastings to Bosworth.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.05.2022
Reihe/Serie	Penguin Monarchs
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	110 x 178 mm
Gewicht	80 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-14-199950-0 / 0141999500
ISBN-13	978-0-14-199950-0 / 9780141999500
Zustand	Neuware