Edward IMichael Prestwich's study of Edward I, first published in 1988 and now reissued with a new introduction and updated bibliographic guide, is the definitive full-length account of one of the leading monarchs of the Middle Ages. A king who pioneered legal and parliamentary change, conquered Wales and came close to conquering Scotland, Edward I presents many contradictions. A pious man who built his reputation during the greatest chivalric adventure of the time, the Crusade, he quarrelled with his archbishops. A major player in European diplomacy and war, he acted as peacemaker during the 1280s but became involved in a bitter war with Philip IV a decade later. |
Contents
The Green Tree 123958 | 5 |
The Leopard 125870 | 25 |
The Crusader | 85 |
The King in his Prime | 87 |
Coronation and Consolidation | 89 |
The King and his Family | 109 |
The Royal Household | 141 |
The Conquest of Wales | 195 |
3 | 369 |
66 | 372 |
87 | 373 |
The Great Cause 12912 | 375 |
The War with France 12948 | 379 |
The Years of Crisis 12948 | 407 |
Council and Parliament | 439 |
The Scottish Wars 12961307 | 471 |
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