Edward Longshanks Forgotten Conflict

Author : David Pilling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781398113510
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edward Longshanks' Forgotten Conflict written by David Pilling and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anglo-French war of 1294-1303 has not been the subject of a major study since the early 1900s. Recent histories tend to treat it as a sideshow compared to Edward I's wars in Wales and Scotland, which gives a false impression. In reality the Welsh and Scottish campaigns were distractions, and Edward regarded the war against France as his main focus. The main issue at stake was the defence and recovery of Aquitaine, the last substantial piece of the so-called 'Angevin empire'. To that end Edward spent enormous sums of money on recruiting allies in the Low Countries and the Holy Roman Empire. His rival, Philip IV, also recruited allies to counter Edward, until the conflict engulfed much of Western Europe. The result was a series of military stalemates, demonstrating that neither England nor France could achieve outright victory in a head-to-head conflict. There were plenty of bloody incidents and much hard fighting: the hanging of Gascon prisoners from the walls of Rions in 1295, for instance, or the epic thirteen-week siege of Saint Sever. David Pilling places the war in its proper context and argues it was a vital step on the road to the more famous conflict we remember as the Hundred Years War.

Author : David Pilling
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398113522
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edward Longshanks' Forgotten Conflict written by David Pilling and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conflict that effectively laid the bloody foundations for the Hundred Years War and taught military and logistical lessons to both sides that would not be forgotten.

Author : Decca Warrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909930650
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eleanor Crosses written by Decca Warrington and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Eleanor Crosses, Decca Warrington tells this tale of survival and continuity over seven centuries, and also offers a new perspective on the remarkable life and death of the nowadays little-known queen whose legacy they are -- Eleanor of Castile, the woman who won the heart of one of England's most forceful and charismatic kings

Author : Kelcey Wilson-Lee
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1509847901
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daughters of Chivalry written by Kelcey Wilson-Lee and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'She imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patience ... and ably manages to coax the few sparks of evidence into flames of personality ... Whoop, whoop! If anyone can find me another clutch of rebel princesses, let's get crowd-funding.' Hermione Eyre, Spectator Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized – and largely mythical – notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different, as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of the great English king, Edward I. The lives of these sisters – Eleanora, Joanna, Margaret, Mary and Elizabeth – ran the full gamut of experiences open to royal women in the Middle Ages. Living as they did in a courtly culture founded on romantic longing and brilliant pageantry, they knew that a princess was to be chaste yet a mother to many children, preferably sons, meek yet able to influence a recalcitrant husband or even command a host of men-at-arms. Edward’s daughters were of course expected to cement alliances and secure lands and territory by making great dynastic marriages, or endow religious houses with royal favour. But they also skilfully managed enormous households, navigated choppy diplomatic waters and promoted their family’s cause throughout Europe – and had the courage to defy their royal father. They might never wear the crown in their own right, but they were utterly confident of their crucial role in the spectacle of medieval kingship. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, Daughters of Chivalry offers a rich portrait of these spirited Plantagenet women. With their libraries of beautifully illustrated psalters and tales of romance, their rich silks and gleaming jewels, we follow these formidable women throughout their lives and see them – at long last – shine from out of the shadows, revealing what it was to be a princess in the Age of Chivalry.

Author : Marc Morris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1605987468
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Great and Terrible King written by Marc Morris and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major biography of a truly formidable king, whose reign was one of the most dramatic and important of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale. Edward I is familiar to millions as "Longshanks," conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace (in "Braveheart"). Yet that story forms only the final chapter of the king's action-packed life. Earlier, Edward had defeated and killed Simon de Montfort in battle; traveled to the Holy Land; conquered Wales, extinguishing its native rulers and constructing a magnificent chain of castles. He raised the greatest armies of the Middle Ages and summoned the largest parliaments; notoriously, he expelled all the Jews from his kingdom. The longest-lived of England's medieval kings, Edward fathered fifteen children with his first wife, Eleanor of Castile and, after her death, erected the Eleanor Crosses—the grandest funeral monuments ever fashioned for an English monarch. In this book, Marc Morris examines afresh the forces that drove Edward throughout his relentless career: his character, his Christian faith, and his sense of England's destiny—a sense shaped largely by the tales of the legendary King Arthur. Morris also explores the competing reasons that led Edward's opponents (including Robert Bruce) to resist him. The result is a sweeping story, immaculately researched yet compellingly told, and a vivid picture of medieval Britain at the moment when its future was decided.

Author : Victor Hugo Manzanilla
Publisher : Grupo Nelson
ISBN 13 : 0718098471
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Awaken Your Inner Hero written by Victor Hugo Manzanilla and published by Grupo Nelson. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ENGLISH EDITION: Live the story of your life at the highest level. If you received an unexpected call to make a film about your life, would it be a captivating film, full of risk, battles, and victory? Or would it be one of those films where people leave the theater before it’s finished? We’ve all heard great stories about famous heroes, those men and women who have gone down in history having made a difference. But what might be said about your life? Could you make it into one of those great stories? Awaken Your Inner Hero is a call to adventure, to get out of your comfort zone and take the kind of risks that will lead you to radically change the way you are living your life. Based on the “hero’s journey” and on universal principles that have been used by poets, writers, and directors to create great stories, the author unveils seven steps that will help you make your deepest desires come true and develop a story worth telling. You will discover life has great things waiting for you, if you are bold enough to go after them. Beyond the routine of the day-to-day, there is a longing within you that motivates you to give everything inside of you to fulfill a purpose, to immerse yourself in your own story, to live your life with success and meaning, to awaken your inner hero.

Author : Kathryn Warner
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445647419
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Isabella of France written by Kathryn Warner and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of the exceptional woman who wrested power from Edward II and changed the course of English history

Author : Randall Wallace
Publisher : Penguin Longman
ISBN 13 : 9781405881777
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Braveheart written by Randall Wallace and published by Penguin Longman. This book was released on 2008 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary/ British English 'Sons of Scotland! You have come here to fight as free men. If you fight, perhaps you'll die. If you run, you may live for a time. But at what cost?' Braveheart is the story of William Wallace, who gave hope to Scottish people in their fight to be free.

Author : Christopher Marlowe
Publisher : [London, Printed for the Malone Society by J. Johnson at the Oxford University Press] 1925 [i. e. 1926]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edward the Second written by Christopher Marlowe and published by [London, Printed for the Malone Society by J. Johnson at the Oxford University Press] 1925 [i. e. 1926]. This book was released on 1925 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sara Cockerill
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445636050
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eleanor of Castile written by Sara Cockerill and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the remarkable woman behind England's greatest medieval king, Edward I