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Richard Mortimer's book covers the reigns of Henry II, his sons Richard the Lionheart and John, and much of that of his gradson Henry III. The period was beset by constant wars with France, frequent troubles with the popes, and baronial rebellions culminating in Magna Carta. But Angevin rule also witnessed the re-establishment of a strengthened royal authority and administration, a burgeoning prosperity, the beginnings of the common law, and the foundations of universities at Oxford and Cambridge. This is not only a history of the politics of the period but of society and culture, and the interactions of the three.… (más)
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Preface This book is an attempt to see England as a whole, putting together areas of life and activity which are more usually treated separately, and then to view ENgland in its British and European context.
I The Background to Politics On the Sunday before Christmas 1154, Henry II was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
The foundation of ethnicity had been laid on which political nationalism would be built.
Richard Mortimer's book covers the reigns of Henry II, his sons Richard the Lionheart and John, and much of that of his gradson Henry III. The period was beset by constant wars with France, frequent troubles with the popes, and baronial rebellions culminating in Magna Carta. But Angevin rule also witnessed the re-establishment of a strengthened royal authority and administration, a burgeoning prosperity, the beginnings of the common law, and the foundations of universities at Oxford and Cambridge. This is not only a history of the politics of the period but of society and culture, and the interactions of the three.
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