Bibliograph

A great and terrible king, Edward I and the forging of Britain, Marc Morris

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A great and terrible king, Edward I and the forging of Britain, Marc Morris

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-434) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsgenealogical tablesmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A great and terrible king

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881207842

Responsibility statement

Marc Morris

Sub title

Edward I and the forging of Britain

Summary

This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king, a man born to rule England, who believed that it was his right to rule all of Britain. As a consequence, his reign was one of the most dramatic and important of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale

Table Of Contents

Illustrations -- Preface -- 1: Saint in name -- 2: Family feud -- 3: Civil peace and holy war -- 4: Return of the king -- 5: Disobedient prince -- 6: Arthur's crown -- 7: Peaceful endeavours -- 8: Great cause -- 9: Struggle for mastery -- 10: Uniting the kingdom? -- 11: Lasting vengeance -- 12: Great and terrible king -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Family trees -- Index

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