Clanchy England and its Rulers - Softcover

Clanchy, M. T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405106506 ISBN 13: 9781405106504

Publisher: John Wiley &Sons, 2006

Synopsis

England and its Rulers has established itself as an attractive and authoritative account of English history from 1066. For this third edition, three new chapters have been added, the bibliography and suggested further reading sections have been fully updated, and additions and amendments have been made throughout.

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• New edition of the standard introduction to this popular period of English history.
  
• Assesses the reigns of successive monarchs including William the Conqueror, Henry I, Richard the Lionheart, and King John.
  
• Includes an epilogue on the reign of Edward I (1272-1307).
  
• Three new chapters examine the social and economic history of the period and the British dimension of English history.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

England and its Rulers has established itself as the most attractive and authoritative account of English history from 1066. For this third edition, three new chapters have been added which examine the social and economic history of the period, particularly focusing on the creation of wealth, the rise of the aristocracy and the chronicling of a British as opposed to an exclusively English history. The bibliography and suggested further reading sections have been fully updated, while additions and amendments have been made throughout.

About the Author:

M. T. Clanchy is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He taught at the University of Glasgow 1964-85. He is the author of From Memory to Written Record: England 1066-1307 (Blackwell second edition, 1993) and Abelard: A Medieval Life (Blackwell, 1997). He is the editor (with Betty Radice) of The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (2003).

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley &Sons
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1405106506
• ISBN 13: 9781405106504
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 360