Edward the Black Prince: A Study of Power in Medieval Europe Green David
Edward the Black Prince: A Study of Power in Medieval Europe Green David This fully updated second edition uses the career of Edward the Black Prince to explore key developments in the history of…
Specifikacia Edward the Black Prince: A Study of Power in Medieval Europe Green David
Edward the Black Prince: A Study of Power in Medieval Europe Green David
This fully updated second edition uses the career of Edward the Black Prince to explore key developments in the history of late medieval Europe.The eruption of the Hundred Years War, the arrival of the Black Death, England's first religious heresy, and major innovations in the role of parliament all took place during Edward's lifetime. This thoroughly revised edition includes new sources and builds on the wealth of scholarship which has been published in recent years about the fourteenth century. As king-in-waiting and one of the most significant noblemen in the realm, the prince was a major influence over local and international politics, and his example helped reshape concepts of lordship throughout the Plantagenet estates.
It includes considerations of the prince's military career in France and Iberia, his household and the 'colonial' characteristics of his administrations