William Rufus (The English Monarchs Series) - Softcover

Barlow, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300082916 ISBN 13: 9780300082913

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

First published in 1983, this is a new edition of a highly detailed but very readable biography of William II. Rufus was part of an extremely colourful family and, although he was often an underdog in childhood, his strength of personality ensured that he and not his elder brothers succeeded his father. Beginning with William's relatively humble origins in Normandy, the book charts his rise to power, his peacekeeping and administrative abilities, his relationships with his family and his mysterious death and legacy. Rufus' court with its bright new fashions, long hair and revelries, which was disliked by contemporary moralists and clerics, is very effectively portrayed as a contrast to the more sober and military world of the Bayeaux Tapestry.

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Frank Barlow is emeritus professor of history at the University of Exeter, England, and author of many major books on medieval history, including Edward the Confessor.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0300082916
• ISBN 13: 9780300082913
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 486
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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