| Description |
xvi, 462 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-434) and index. |
| Contents |
Illustrations -- Preface -- 1: Saint in name -- 2: Family feud -- 3: Civil peace and holy war -- 4: Return of the king -- 5: Disobedient prince -- 6: Arthur's crown -- 7: Peaceful endeavours -- 8: Great cause -- 9: Struggle for mastery -- 10: Uniting the kingdom? -- 11: Lasting vengeance -- 12: Great and terrible king -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Family trees -- Index. |
| Summary |
This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king, a man born to rule England, who believed that it was his right to rule all of Britain. As a consequence, his reign was one of the most dramatic and important of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale. |
| Subject |
Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307.
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Biography.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781605986845 |
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1605986844 |
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