Realm Divided: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England

Dan Jones

ISBN 10: 1781858829 / ISBN 13: 9781781858820

Published by Head of Zeus, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Realm Divided: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781858829
• ISBN 13: 9781781858820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

England in 1215. This was not just the year of Magna Carta and King John's war with his barons, but a year of crusading and church reform, of foreign wars and dramatic sieges, of trade and treachery; a year in which London would be stormed by angry barons; England would be invaded by a French army; and a supposedly impregnable castle would be brought down with burning pig fat. But this was also a year in which life, for most people, just went on. Thus 1215 opens a window onto everyday life in the thirteenth century: home and church, love and marriage, education and agriculture, outlawry and adventure. It offers a vivid and authoritative portrait—from royal court to peasant wedding—of medieval life in the round, as well as an exhilarating and revelatory exploration of the big themes of politics, warfare, religion, feudalism, mercantilism, travel, and the law in a transformative year in English history.

About the Author

Dan Jones is an award-winning journalist and a pioneer of the resurgence of interest in medieval history. He is the bestselling author of The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings And Queens Who Made England.