Tales From the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire

Huscroft, Richard

ISBN 10: 0300187254 / ISBN 13: 9780300187250

Published by Yale University Press, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tales From the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300187254
• ISBN 13: 9780300187250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

This intriguing book tells the story of England’s great medieval Angevin dynasty in an entirely new way. Departing from the usual king-centric narrative, Richard Huscroft instead centers each of his chapters on the experiences of a particular man or woman who contributed to the broad sweep of events. Whether noble and brave or flawed and fallible, each participant was struggling to survive in the face of uncontrollable forces. Princes, princesses, priests, heroes, relatives, friends, and others—some well known and others obscure—all were embroiled in the drama of historic events.
 
Under Henry II and his sons Richard I (the Lionheart) and John, the empire rose to encompass much of the British Isles and the greater part of modern France, yet it survived a mere fifty years. Huscroft deftly weaves together the stories of individual lives to illuminate the key themes of this exciting and formative era.

About the Author

Richard Huscroft teaches history at Westminster School, London, and is the author of three previous books. He lives in London.