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The Perfect King by Ian Mortimer (Hardcover, 2006)

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He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he started a war which lasted for more than a hundred years, and taxed his people more than any other previous king. Yet for centuries Edward III was celebrated as the most brilliant king England had ever had, and three hundred years after his death it was said that his kingship was perhaps the greatest that the world had ever known. In this first full study of the man's character and life, Ian Mortimer shows how Edward personally provided the impetus for much of the drama of his fifty-year reign.Edward overcame the tyranny of his guardians at the age of seventeen and then set about developing a new form of awe-inspiring chivalric kingship. Under him the feudal kingdom of England became a highly organised, sophisticated nation, capable of raising large revenues and deploying a new type of projectile-based warfare, and without question the most important military nation in Europe. Yet under his rule England also experienced its longest period of domestic peace in the middle ages, giving rise to a massive increase of the nation's wealth through the wool trade, with huge consequences for society, art and architect

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Publisher
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9780224073011
eBay Product ID (ePID)
86405500

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
560 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
The Perfect King
Publication Year
2006
Subject
History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biographies & True Stories
Author
Ian Mortimer
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
242 mm
Item Weight
844 g
Item Width
154 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Title_Author
Ian Mortimer

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