Realm Divided : A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England
by
Dan Jones
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1781858837
ISBN-13
9781781858837
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Head of Zeus
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 7th, 2016
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
320 grams
Dimensions
12.90 x 19.80 x 2.90 cms
Product Classification:
British & Irish historyMedieval history
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A vivid, in-the-round portrait of English society in the year of Magna Carta.
1215 – the penultimate year of the reign of a king with the worst reputation of any in our history – saw England engulfed by crisis. Weakened by the loss of Normandy, King John faced insurrection by his disgruntled barons. With the assistance of the Archbishop of Canterbury, they drew up a list of their demands. In June, in a quiet Thames-side water-meadow, John attached his regal seal – under oath – to a charter that set limits on regal power. In return, the barons renewed their vows of fealty. Groundbreaking though ''Magna Carta'' was, it had scant immediate impact as England descended into civil war that would still be raging when John died the following year. Dan Jones''s vivid account of the vicissitudes of feudal power politics and the workings of 13th-century government is interwoven with a exploration of the lives of ordinary people: how and where they worked, what they wore, what they ate, and what role the Church played in their lives.
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