In the reign of King John : a year in the life of Plantagenet England
Jones, Dan, 1981-2020
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1215 was not just the year of Magna Carta and King John's war with his barons, but a year of crusading and church reform, of foreign wars and dramatic sieges, of trade and treachery; a year in which England was invaded by a French army and London was stormed by angry barons; and the supposedly impregnable castle at Rochester was brought down with burning pig fat. But this was also a year in which life, for most people, just went on. This book thus opens a window onto everyday life in thirteenth-century England: home and church, love and marriage, education and agriculture, outlawry and hunting, food and clothing. It offers a vivid and authoritative portrait - from royal court to peasant wedding - of medieval life in the round, as well as an exhilarating and revelatory exploration of the big themes of politics, warfare, religion, feudalism and the law during a transformative year in English history.
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Author:
Jones, Dan, 1981-, author
Edition:
Illustrated edition.
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2020.
Collation:
360 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: published as Realm divided. 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781838934828 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2521640
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