Originally published in 1949. Lacking the warlike bluntness of his predecessor, Richard the Lionheart, John came to the throne of England at a time when economic forces in the realm were threatening to undermine the very basis of feudal power. The Reign of King John covers his attempts to adjust a political system to cope with this threat and at the same time to assert the hegemony of the monarchy over its chief rivals-the barons and the church-made his reign one of particular importance and significance in English history.
ISBN: | 9781421435152 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Published date: | 03 Feb 2020 |
DEWEY: | 942.033 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 408 |
Weight: | 626g |
Height: | 151mm |
Width: | 229mm |
Spine width: | 30mm |