Maddicott, J R (98 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Pamphlet, 75 pages.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. There are medieval noblemen who quietly inherit land, attend tournaments, and vanish politely into footnotes. And then there is Simon de Montfort, who arrived in thirteenth-century England, married into the royal family, helped trigger a baronial revolution, effectively captured the king, briefly governed the realm, and accidentally became one of the spiritual ancestors of parliamentary government before being hacked to pieces on a battlefield. English constitutional history rarely does subtlety. J.R. Maddicott?s Simon de Montfort is the definitive scholarly biography of this extraordinary and deeply complicated figure, a man who somehow managed to be simultaneously a foreign nobleman, royal insider, rebel leader, religious idealist, political reformer, military commander, and catastrophic enemy of the Crown. And this is where the story becomes irresistibly strange. Modern Britain likes to celebrate Simon de Montfort as an early champion of parliament because he summoned representatives from towns and shires to his famous 1265 parliament. Which is entirely true. It is also true that this ?father of parliament? spent much of his career engaged in armed rebellion, political coercion, aristocratic factionalism, and medieval power struggles that occasionally resembled organised feudal chaos with banners. Maddicott handles all this brilliantly. Rather than flattening Simon into either democratic hero or dangerous rebel, the book restores the complexity of the man and his world. Thirteenth-century politics emerges not as a neat constitutional evolution but as a volatile collision of kingship, aristocratic ambition, personal loyalty, religious conviction, finance, war, and survival. Henry III?s reign provides the perfect backdrop for all this instability. Weak royal authority, expensive foreign policies, factional rivalries, and endless disputes over governance created conditions ripe for confrontation. Into this atmosphere strides Simon de Montfort with the confidence of a man entirely convinced both of his own righteousness and his political ability. Which, to be fair, often worked surprisingly well right up until it stopped working catastrophically. One of the great pleasures of the book is the sheer texture of medieval political life. Alliances shift constantly. Oaths are sworn and broken. Kings negotiate from weakness. Noblemen gather armed followers with alarming ease. Religion saturates everything. The state itself still feels half-personal and half-feudal, held together largely by negotiation, reputation, and the occasional threat of violence. And beneath it all sits the wonderfully ironic fact that modern parliamentary democracy partially traces its symbolic lineage to a civil war led by armed barons furious about royal mismanagement. Maddicott writes with enormous authority and detail. This is proper Cambridge medieval scholarship: rich in sources, careful in judgement, and deeply immersed in the politics of the period. Yet the story itself is dramatic enough that the academic depth only enhances the sense of immersion. Readers encounter not abstract constitutional theory but a genuinely dangerous political world where power could disappear overnight. Simon himself emerges as both admirable and troubling. Pious, charismatic, politically gifted, stubborn, uncompromising, and increasingly isolated, he feels less like a neat historical symbol and more like a real medieval magnate trying to force moral and political reform onto a system resistant to both. Naturally, things end violently. Medieval constitutional crises had a habit of becoming literal cavalry engagements. This Cambridge University Press edition is exactly the kind of serious historical biography that quietly improves the intellectual atmosphere of any room simply by existing on a shelf. It radiates the presence of deep scholarship and suggests its owner may occasionally hold opinions about the Provisions of Oxford. Condition is listed as Good, meaning this copy has survived the usual hazards faced by heavyweight medieval history: intense underlining beside constitutional passages, tea consumed near genealogical tables, and readers repeatedly having to pause to work out which baron is currently betraying whom. An outstanding read for medieval-history enthusiasts, constitutional-history readers, students of political rebellion, or anyone fascinated by the astonishingly violent origins of representative government in England.

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Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:

Paperback. Condition: Fine. PAPERBACK - No noticeable cover wear - clean unmarked text - tight binding.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback. Reprint. 384pp+ index. Wraps tanned, else very good.

Paperback. Card cvrs, sl rubbed.

Hardcover. Cloth, dw. CAMPBELL, James.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Volume 115, Part Two. No jacket. Hardcover with very slight bumps on leading corners, and head and foot of spine. Slightly cocked. Boards have been strengthened, and reinforced with tape. Book plate on front pastedown. Rear pastedown and BEP have slightly worn edges. Slightly marked page block, with one or two grubby marks. Contents are sound and clean, and the text is clear. TH. Ex-Library.

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Reprint. 8vo. [xxv] + 404pp. B/w. illustrations. Paperback in original pictorial white wrapps. lettered in black and red, small crease to tail corner of upper wrapp. ISBN 052137636X US$12.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Origins of the English Parliament is a magisterial account of the evolution of parliament, from its earliest beginnings in the late Anglo-Saxon period. Starting with the national assemblies which began to meet in the reign of King AEthelstan, it carries the story through to the fully fledged parliament of lords and commons of the early fourteenth century, which came to be seen as representative of the whole nation and which eventually sanctionedthe deposition of the king himself in 1327. Throughout, J. R. Maddicott emphasizes parliament's evolution as a continuous process, underpinned by some important common themes. Over the fourhundred years covered by the book the chief business of the assembly was always the discussion of national affairs, together with other matters central to the running of the state, such as legislation and justice. It was always a resolutely political body. But its development was also shaped by a series of unforeseen events and episodes. Chief among these were the Norman Conquest, the wars of Richard I and John, and the minority of Henry III. A major turning-point was reached in 1215, whenMagna Carta established the need for general consent to taxation - a vital step towards the establishment of parliament itself in the next generation. Covering an exceptionally longtime span, The Origins of the English Parliament takes readers to the roots of the English state's central institution, showing how the more familiar parliament of late medieval and early modern England came into being and illuminating the close relationship between particular political episodes and the course of institutional change. Above all, it shows how the origins of parliament lie not in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, as has usually been argued, but in amuch more distant past. A magisterial study of the evolution of the English parliament from its earliest origins in the late Anglo-Saxon period through to the fully fledged parliament of lords and commons which sanctioned the deposition of Edward II in 1327. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

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Paperback. Condition: Sehr gut. XXIII, 404 p.: Ill., Maps. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / a good and clean copy without markings. - Contents List of illustrations Preface List of abbreviations 1 Going places, c. 1208-48 (a) Family background and early life (b) The kings great bounty, 1230-38 (c) Marriage, 1238-39 (d) Exile, crusade and restoration, 1240 48 2 Familia and fortune (a) Family (b) Lands and finances (c) The affinity 3 Religion and virtue (a) Landscape with friends (b) Interests and influences (c) Virtue 4 Simon de Montforts road to reform, 1248-58 (a) Montfort in Gascony (b) Politics and finance (c) Montfort and Henry: finances (d) Montfort and Henry: politics (e) The end of the road 5 The reformer: ideals and interests, 1258-59 (a) The beginnings of reform, April -November 1258 (b) Montfort in France, November 1258-February 1259 (c) The reformer in retreat, February-December 1259 6 The decline of the reform movement, 1260-63 (a) Parties and principles: Montfort in England, 1260 (b) The recovery of royal authority, 1261 (c) Montfort in France, 1262-April 1263 7 The return of the general, 1263-64 (a) Disorder, April-July 1263 (b) The royalist revival, July-December 1263 (c) Royalists and Montfortians (d) Louis IX and the way to Lewes, December 1263-May 1264 (e) Lewes: the battle and the Mise, 13-15 May 1264 8 Simon de Montfort and his kingdom, 1264-65 (a) Foundations for a new regime, May-June 1264 (b) The saviour of his country, July-December 1264 (c) Hubris? December 1264-April 1265 (d) Nemesis, April-August 1265 9 Conclusion: Simon de Montfort. ISBN 9780521376365 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 679.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Volume 114, Part One. No jacket. Hardcover with very slight bumps on leading corners. Boards have been strengthened. Book plate on front pastedown. Slightly marked page block, with one or two grubby marks. Contents are sound and clean, and the text is clear. TH. Ex-Library.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very mild shelfwear. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.