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Two houses, two kingdoms : a history of France and England, 1100-1300
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
- Summary
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An exhilarating chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing how two dynasties formed one extraordinary story.
Details
- Creator
- Catherine Hanley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
- ©2022
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xxxii, 448 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, genealogical tables, maps
- data file
- ISBNs
- 0300253583, 9780300253580, 0300268661, 9780300268669
- OCLC
- on1334527771
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Part I. Two houses collide. The new kings -- Tragedy, crisis and murder -- Two heirs and two heiresses -- Brothers and sons -- A queen of two realms -- 'Magna discordia' -- Part II. The devil's brood. A king without a kingdom -- 'The God-given' -- Shame on a conquered king -- Crusade -- 'The devil is loose' -- King Arthur? -- The fall of Normandy -- Part III. The Capetian king of England. First steps -- Bouvines -- Invitation and invasion -- 'Hell is made fouler' -- A tale of two battles -- Louis rex -- Part IV. Saints and sinners. Woe unto the land... -- Four sisters -- Captive kings -- Brothers-in-law, brothers-in-arms -- The end of two eras -- The iron kings -- Epilogue: Happily ever after ...
Subjects
- Great Britain -- History -- Angevin period, 1154-1216.
- Great Britain -- History -- Plantagenets, 1154-1399.
- France -- History -- Capetians, 987-1328.
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- History -- To 1500.
- France -- Kings and rulers -- History -- To 1500.
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France.
- France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.