Chronicles of the Revolution, 1397-1400 (eBook, PDF)

The reign of Richard II
Übersetzer: Given-Wilson, Chris

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of sources covers one of the most controversial and shocking episodes in medieval English history, the 'tyranny' and deposition of Richard II and the usurpation of the throne by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, who became King Henry IV. Contemporaries were sharply divided about the rights and wrongs of both Richard and Henry, and this division is reflected in the texts which form the major part of these sources. All the principal contemporary chronicles are represented in this collection, from the violently partisan Thomas Walsingham, chronicler of St Alban's Abbey who saw Richard as a tyrant and murderer, to the indignant Dieulacres chronicler, who claimed that the 'innocent king' was tricked into surrender by his perjured barons.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526112859
• Artikelnr.: 60364884

Autorenporträt

Chris Given-Wilson is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of St Andrews

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Pat one: July 1397 to May 1399 Part two: June to September
1399 Part three: October 1399 to February 1400 Appendix A: The Duke of
York's army, July 1399 Appendix B: Bollingbroke's army in 1399 Bibliography
Index