Tales From the Long Twelfth Century: The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire
Richard Huscroft
Abstract
This book tells the story of England's great medieval Angevin dynasty in an entirely new way. Departing from the usual king-centric narrative, each chapter centers on the experiences of a particular man or woman who contributed to the broad sweep of events. Whether noble and brave or flawed and fallible, each participant was struggling to survive in the face of uncontrollable forces. Princes, princesses, priests, heroes, relatives, friends, and others—some well-known and others obscure—all were embroiled in the drama of historic events. Under Henry II and his sons Richard I (the Lionheart) and ... More
This book tells the story of England's great medieval Angevin dynasty in an entirely new way. Departing from the usual king-centric narrative, each chapter centers on the experiences of a particular man or woman who contributed to the broad sweep of events. Whether noble and brave or flawed and fallible, each participant was struggling to survive in the face of uncontrollable forces. Princes, princesses, priests, heroes, relatives, friends, and others—some well-known and others obscure—all were embroiled in the drama of historic events. Under Henry II and his sons Richard I (the Lionheart) and John, the empire rose to encompass much of the British Isles and the greater part of modern France, yet it survived a mere fifty years. The book weaves together the stories of individual lives to illuminate the key themes of this exciting and formative era.
Keywords:
Angevin dynasty,
medieval England,
Henry II,
Richard I,
Richard the Lionheart,
British Isles,
modern France
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780300187250 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: September 2016 |
DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300187250.001.0001 |
