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Author Prestwich, Michael.

Title Plantagenet England, 1225-1360 / Michael Prestwich
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 638 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Series The new Oxford history of England
New Oxford history of England.
Contents Contents; List of Plates; List of Tables and Maps; List of Abbreviations; Note on Money; PART I: INTRODUCTORY; PART II: POLITICS AND WARS; PART III: SOCIETY AND PEOPLE; Chronology; Genealogical Tables; Bibliography; Index
Summary The dramatic period 1225-1360 in Britain witnessed Simon de Montfort's challenge to the crown, Edward II's deposition and death, great English victories in France, and the disaster of the Black Death. It also saw the development of the state, with the emergence of parliament a key element. Michael Prestwich provides a comprehensive study of this period, illuminating themes of politics, economics, war, and society. - ;In this thorough and illuminating work, Michael Prestwich provides a comprehensive study of Plantagenet England, a dramatic and turbulent period which saw many changes. In politic
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-608) and index
Notes English
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Subject HISTORY.
Civilization
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Plantagenets, 1154-1399. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056749
England -- Civilization -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043274
Subject England
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781429470131
1429470135
9780198228448
0198228449
9780191518850
0191518859
1280758767
9781280758768